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Firn Ice Cream
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1925
Size: 127.5 x 89.5 cm / 50.2 x 35.2″
Price: On request
About this poster
A fashionable young woman holds up a packet of Swiss “Firn” ice cream against an ice-blue sky with snowy mountains in the background – a perfect allusion to the product. A rare ice cream advert from the 1920s by the talented Zurich poster master Otto Baumberger. Authentic colour lithograph and rarity in perfect condition from 1925.
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Otto Baumberger was born in Zurich in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and took courses at the Zurich Art School (Kunstgewerbeschule) from 1905 to 1907. After that, he studied at the Art Schools of Munich and Paris until 1910. From 1911 to 1913, he worked at the printing company J.E. Wolfensberger as a draughtsman and artistic director. Then, until the start of the First World War, he had his ow... more
Otto Baumberger was born in Zurich in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and took courses at the Zurich Art School (Kunstgewerbeschule) from ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4541
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- Company: Milchverband
- Printer: J.C. Müller AG Zürich
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- Size: 127.5 x 89.5 cm / 50.2 x 35.2″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
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Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Museum für Gestaltung Zürich - Poster Collection 1 - Revue 1926
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