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Saturday, 01 December 2018, 02:00 pm
Lot 2099
Kurt Wirth, 1917-1996 (CH)
SWISSAIR convair metropolitan, 1956
Lithograph printed in colors.
H 1020 mm W 640 mm.
Printed in Switzerland Hallwag Berne
| CHF | 800 / 1'500 |
| EUR | 700 / 1'400 |
| USD | 840 / 1'600 |
Hammer Price: CHF 750
Annotation:
Condition: A-/L.
Literature:
Giroud 2008, No. 137;
Giroud/Schlup 2005, page 87, No. 11;
Margadant 1983, page 174, No. 304;
Exhibition catalogue, München 1982, page 152, No. 447.
The Bernese artist Kurt Wirth designed a clearly structured poster for Swissair’s new “metropolitan” aircraft. The design focuses on the prominent red stripe that ran the length of the aircraft and became the distinctive feature of Swissair planes besides the Swiss cross on the tail fin.