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Taximeter – 10,000 – New elegant cars – A. Welti-Furrer Zurich
Artist: Jules de Praetere
Year: 1915
Size: 125.7 x 89.8 cm / 49.5 x 35.4″
Price:
On request
About this poster
The Belgian painter, graphic designer, university lecturer and publisher De Praetere was a student of Henry van de Velde. In 1906 he moved from Krefeld to Zurich, where he became the director of the School of Arts and Crafts and its museum. Two posters are known to have been designed by De Praetere: the poster for the Carlton Restaurant in Zurich and the “Taxameter 10’000” advertisement for Welti-Furrer, which is considered an absolute rarity.
Artist: Jules de Praetere
Jules de Praetere studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts and the Ecole Industrielle Genève and ran a hand press for bibliophile prints from 1898 to 1901. From 1901 to 1905 he was a teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Krefeld, at the Ecole du Livre Genève and at the Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf.
Subsequently, until 1921, de Praetere was director of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Zurich and a... more
Jules de Praetere studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts and the Ecole Industrielle Genève and ran a hand press for bibliophile prints from 1898 to ...
Subsequently, until 1921, de Praetere was director of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Zurich and a... more
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4241
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- Company: Welti-Furrer A.G. Zürich
- Printer: Gebr. Fretz A.G. Zürich
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- Size: 125.7 x 89.8 cm / 49.5 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Publications:Affiches de l’Automobile
Ferdinand Hodler und das Schweizer Künstlerplakat 1890-1920 - Price:
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