William Tell – Basel open-air theatre
Artist: Armin Hofmann
Year: 1963
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price:
CHF1900
About this poster
Armin Hofmann designed this unique poster for the 1963 performance of William Tell at the Basel Open-Air Theatre, depicting the symbols of the Tell legend but using photography and lettering to create an elegant symbolic image of the arrow and apple. Like most of Hofmann's outstanding works, this rare original poster is in black and white.
Artist: Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann was born 1920 in Winterthur, lives and works in Basel.
Between 1937 and 1939, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and was trained as a lithographer until 1943.
From 1943 until 1948 Hofmann worked as lithographer in Basel and Berne and in his own graphic design studio.
Hofmann also worked as a teacher of graphic design and visual communication at the Basel School of Design,... more
Armin Hofmann was born 1920 in Winterthur, lives and works in Basel.
Between 1937 and 1939, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and was train
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From 1943 until 1948 Hofmann worked as lithographer in Basel and Berne and in his own graphic design studio.
Hofmann also worked as a teacher of graphic design and visual communication at the Basel School of Design,... more
Poster details
- Poster No.: 2356
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- Company: Basler Freilichtspiele, CH
- Printer: Wassermann AG, Basel, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Offset print, b/w
- Condition:
A
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