Lot 29: EDMUND EDEL (1863-1933) AUTOMOBIL BALL. 1906.

Est: $1,000 USD - $1,500 USD

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USOctober 09, 2002

Item Overview

Description

27 3/8x18 1/2 inches. Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin.
Condition B+: expertly replaced top and bottom margins; repaired tears and creases through top margin into image.
Edel trained as an artist in Munich and studied at the Academie Jullian in Paris before settling in Berlin where he began his career working as a humorist and wound up becoming one of the pioneers of German poster art. He used caricatures of Berliner Types to advertise drinks, shows and various products. These two posters of his which we offer here are not only very rare, but also the only two he created featuring depictions of automobiles. This image is an incredible, lighthearted, even funny, work done for a single-day event in Berlin. The event was sponsored by a local sports newspaper and was clearly intended to be a costume party. Despite the short duration that the poster would have hung, Edel clearly puts as much effort, invention and treatment into its design as if it were for a long exhibition. The effect of the dancing legs, long dress overflowing from the car and the eye-like headlights of the car itself all form an image around which the rather lengthy text can be absorbed without a problem. DFP III, 685.

Artist or Maker

Edmund Edel

Auction Details

ART NOUVEAU POSTERS

Swann Auction Galleries

October 09, 2002, 12:00 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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