Wool of Schaffhouse
Artist: Herbert Berthold Libiszewski
Year: 1948
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price:
CHF850
About this poster
In the late 1940s, Herbert Libiszewski created a number of imaginative poster designs for Schaffhauser wool. The oversized skein of yarn on this 1948 poster seems to be ‘seated’ majestically on a large green armchair (echoing the green colour of the paper sleeve). This design humorously illustrates the importance and popularity of the “Schaffhauser Wolle” brand while at the same time possibly associating it with the feeling of domestic comfort.
Artist: Herbert Berthold Libiszewski
Herbert LIBISZEWSKI was born in Bischofszell, Switzerland in 1897 and worked as a fashion illustrator, advertising consultant, illustrator, painter and graphic designer (under the pseudonym of Libis) in St. Gallen.
First he was trained as an embroidery designer in St. Gallen, then he spent a few semesters at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. In 1921 he moved to Pari... more
Herbert LIBISZEWSKI was born in Bischofszell, Switzerland in 1897 and worked as a fashion illustrator, advertising consultant, illustrator, painter and graph ...
First he was trained as an embroidery designer in St. Gallen, then he spent a few semesters at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. In 1921 he moved to Pari... more
Poster details
- Poster No.: 537
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- Company: Schoeller Albers AG, Schaffhauser Wolle, Schaffhausen, CH
- Brand:Schaffhauser Wolle, Schaffhausen, CH
- Printer: Säuberlin & Pfeiffer S.A., Vevey, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Publications:Schaffhauser Wolle - Eine Marke macht Geschichte - Plakate 1924 - 1989
- Price:
CHF850
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