Herbert Matter 1907–1984 PKZ vintage poster
Caption Brief: Long before he pioneered the photomontage technique, Matter was a painter and posterist who worked in a cubist style; and his very finest and most rare design of this early period is this engaging poster for PKZ.
1928
50 h × 35½ w in (127 × 90 cm)
Wolfsburg, Zürich
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Exhibited: Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde, 28 September 2023 - 25 February 2024, Poster House, New York | Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration, 31 August 2025 - 29 March 2026, Sarasota Art Museum, Florida
Condition: Cond A-: with minor tears and touch-ups. Dimensions provided are of sight; work has not been examined out of frame. Framed behind acrylic measuring 54.875 × 40.25 × 1.75 inches.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 148; Muller-Brockmann, 80; Matter, p. 37; Encyclopédie/Weill, p. 132; PAI-LX, 357
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Caption Brief: Long before he pioneered the photomontage technique, Matter was a painter and posterist who worked in a cubist style; and his very finest and most rare design of this early period is this engaging poster for PKZ.
1928
50 h × 35½ w in (127 × 90 cm)
Wolfsburg, Zürich
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Exhibited: Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde, 28 September 2023 - 25 February 2024, Poster House, New York | Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration, 31 August 2025 - 29 March 2026, Sarasota Art Museum, Florida
Condition: Cond A-: with minor tears and touch-ups. Dimensions provided are of sight; work has not been examined out of frame. Framed behind acrylic measuring 54.875 × 40.25 × 1.75 inches.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 148; Muller-Brockmann, 80; Matter, p. 37; Encyclopédie/Weill, p. 132; PAI-LX, 357
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