Creator | anonymous |
Printing year | 1935 |
Sheet size (cm) | 128×90 |
Printing technique | Lithograph |
Printer | Art. Institut Orell Füssli |
Condition | A |
Asking price | 0 CHF |
Categories | Animal, Fashion & Beauty |
A wonderful and extremely rare original poster that advertised the Zephyr soap and cream brand of the Zurich-based company Friedrich Steinfels AG in the (probably) mid-1930s. The depiction of the swallowtail – symbolizing the natural lightness and elegant smoothness of the products – is simply magnificent.
However, those responsible took less care with the text, as “Crème” was printed with a Circonflexe accent instead of the Grave accent.
The poster is sometimes attributed to Niklaus Stoecklin from Basel, but this is highly doubtful, especially as there is no signature or monogram; a master of Stoecklin’s caliber would never have allowed this.
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