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Hertz, Carl | A handsome Russian poster

Auction Closed

October 28, 08:54 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 USD

Lot Details

Description

Hertz, Carl

[Carl Hertz in Russia]. Np, nd


Letterpress broadside poster (533 x 423 mm). Printed in Cyrillic script on brown paper, printed black and white portraits to left and right margins, decorative rules and printer's fists; marginal tears, all repaired except one at lower right, old folds. Mounted on linen.


This striking broadside combines numerous type-sizes and -faces, attractive portraits of Hertz and his wife Emile D'Alton, and a pleasing typographic layout.

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