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Saturday, 01 December 2018, 02:00 pm

Selecta Zürich Studio, Das schönste Reisen, Swissair, approx. 1937/38

Lot 2105

Selecta Zürich Studio, 20. Jh. (CH)

Das schönste Reisen, Swissair, approx. 1937/38

Print, heightened with white
H 1000 mm W 600 mm.

(Frame).

CHF1'500 / 3'000
EUR1'400 / 2'700
USD1'600 / 3'200

Hammer Price: CHF 2'200

Annotation:

Literature:
see. Giroud 2008, No. 113.

In 1937 Swissair acquired the new Douglas DC-3 and launched a large-scale poster campaign. The Zurich advertising firm Studio Selecta created an extraordinary series of posters with eye-catching designs. This is one of the original posters from the series.