23. Alfred Finsterer
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Starting Bid: $600
Reserve not met
Estimate:
$700 - $800
Ended
Timed Auction
Hanukkah Special
ARTIST
Alfred Finsterer
Location
Private collection USA
Size
paper 26 x 20 in, image 15 1/2 x 14 in
Description
Etching, Edition � 71/100
paper 26 x 20 in, image 15 1/2 x 14 in
Signed by the artist in the lower right, numbered in the lower left.
Alfred Finsterer (born June 8, 1908 in Nuremberg and died on January 25, 1996 in Stuttgart ) is a German painter, graphic designer and typographer. Graduate of a school of applied arts (1927 - 1930), he first worked in Nuremberg as an illustrator, but quickly noticed by Walter Tiemann (de), he is brought to work in Leipzig from 1937, where he becomes a professor in a university of graphic arts and book industry.The end of the Second World War marks the return of Finsterer to Nuremberg. From 1945 to 1947, he worked as a copywriter in a publishing house. Before the end of 1947, he moved to Stuttgart where he was given the role of artistic adviser in the publishing house Philipp Reclam, for which he drew several thousand book covers. In parallel with his career, he is in charge of Klingspor's typographic foundry in Offenbach-on-Main (1952 - 1956), Belser publishing house in Stuttgart (1957 - 1973) and Artemis publishers, Hiersemann. (de) , Kr�ner and Suhrkamp . From 1957 to 1962, he is editor of the periodicalStuttgarter Leben .From the 60s, Alfred Finsterer is moving towards the creation of works of a new genre, the engraving after the etching process.On two occasions he won the Nuremberg Albrecht D�rer Prize .
* This amount excludes shipping fees, applicable taxes, and will have a 20% Buyer's Premium.
paper 26 x 20 in, image 15 1/2 x 14 in
Signed by the artist in the lower right, numbered in the lower left.
Alfred Finsterer (born June 8, 1908 in Nuremberg and died on January 25, 1996 in Stuttgart ) is a German painter, graphic designer and typographer. Graduate of a school of applied arts (1927 - 1930), he first worked in Nuremberg as an illustrator, but quickly noticed by Walter Tiemann (de), he is brought to work in Leipzig from 1937, where he becomes a professor in a university of graphic arts and book industry.The end of the Second World War marks the return of Finsterer to Nuremberg. From 1945 to 1947, he worked as a copywriter in a publishing house. Before the end of 1947, he moved to Stuttgart where he was given the role of artistic adviser in the publishing house Philipp Reclam, for which he drew several thousand book covers. In parallel with his career, he is in charge of Klingspor's typographic foundry in Offenbach-on-Main (1952 - 1956), Belser publishing house in Stuttgart (1957 - 1973) and Artemis publishers, Hiersemann. (de) , Kr�ner and Suhrkamp . From 1957 to 1962, he is editor of the periodicalStuttgarter Leben .From the 60s, Alfred Finsterer is moving towards the creation of works of a new genre, the engraving after the etching process.On two occasions he won the Nuremberg Albrecht D�rer Prize .
* This amount excludes shipping fees, applicable taxes, and will have a 20% Buyer's Premium.
Condition
Very good
Medium
Etching, Edition � 71/100
Signature
Signed by the artist in the lower right, numbered in the lower left.
