Phänomen Gold. 1909. Julius Klinger.37 ¼ x 28 in./94.6 x 71 cmJulius Klinger was one of the m
Phänomen Gold. 1909. Julius Klinger.37 ¼ x 28 in./94.6 x 71 cmJulius Klinger was one of the most gifted graphic artists of his generation. Born in Vienna, he relocated to Berlin and began a career as both a conceptual thinker and designer. He wrote extensively on the philosophy of advertising and created an altogether new design language during the 1920s. He was persecuted, deported and killed by the Nazis in 1942. This catches him at the very beginning of his career, as an illustrator with phenomenally precise lines and graphic-novel-type touches. It’s a beautiful moment: the erudite gentleman, dressed to the nines, encounters someone’s neglected cigarette in an ashtray, still lit, the column of smoke rising in temptation. He looks over: it might be rude, he appears to be saying; but why let a good thing go to waste?Available at auction February 25, 2018. -- source link
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