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Saturday, 01 December 2018, 02:00 pm

Fritz Bühler, Roger & Gallet Paris

Lot 2157

Fritz Bühler, 1909-1963 (CH)

Roger & Gallet Paris, 1947

Lithograph printed in colors.
H 890 mm W 635 mm.

Lith. Atar Genève

CHF1'000 / 1'500
EUR900 / 1'400
USD1'100 / 1'600

Hammer Price: CHF 1'200

Annotation:

Condition: A/L.

Literature:
Margadant 1983, page 211, No. 434;
Lüthy 1968, page 39.

On this poster for the French perfume company Roger & Gallet, Fritz Bühler masterfully evokes the erotic aspect of luxury scents and lipsticks by leaving it to the viewer’s imagination to complete the picture of the woman behind the full red lips. A rarity.