PKZ
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1923
Size: 128 x 90.5 cm / 50.4 x 35.6″
Price:
up to CHF8000 / EUR 8000 / USD 8000 (recommended price)
About this poster
Otto Baumberger’s 1923 “coat poster” for the PKZ clothing company is an icon among Swiss object posters. The PKZ tweed coat is rendered in such photo-realistic detail that we can almost feel it. Baumberger’s decision to leave out any advertising text but show the PKZ company name on the coat label was groundbreaking. A masterpiece of poster history
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.: 4905
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- Company: PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co. AG, Zürich, CH
- Brand:PKZ Burger-Kehl, CH
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90.5 cm / 50.4 x 35.6″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-
Very good condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. - Category:
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