OTTO ERNST (1884-1967). WENGEN. 1920. 40x24¼ inches, 101½x61¼ cm. A. Trüb &

OTTO ERNST (1884-1967)

WENGEN. 1920.

40x24¼ inches, 101½x61¼ cm. A. Trüb & Cie., Aarau.
Condition B+ / A-: repaired tears at edges, one into lower text; minor creases in margins and image; tape-stain in bottom right corner. Mounted on Japan.

Swiss artist Otto Ernst apprenticed as a graphic designer, and studied in Florence and in Paris; in 1910 he became a student of Eugène Grasset at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. The influence of Ernst's European travels is apparent in many of his posters advertising Swiss winter sports, resorts and Italian summer destinations - vacillating between painterly impressionism, elegant Art Deco, and saturated, colorful stylizations. Tennis p. 62, Tennis a Affiche.