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Walter Maria Kersting*
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697
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Walter Maria Kersting*
See original version (German)
Estimate €400 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Walter Maria Kersting*
(Münster 1892 – 1970 Waging am See)
Grotesque Salzburg
mixed media on paper, 55 x 73.3 cm
signed W. M. Kersting
inscribed ‘Groteskes Salzburg’ on the reverse
ESTIMATE €400 – €800
STARTING PRICE €400
Walter Maria Kersting was an influential German architect, industrial designer and professor. He is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of modern industrial design in Germany. His most significant achievement, both in terms of design and history, came in 1933, when, together with his students in Cologne, he designed the iconic, minimalist Bakelite casing for the VE 301 ‘Volksempfänger’ radio. This functional radio design went into mass production, with millions manufactured, and had a lasting impact on industrial history. In 1928, Kersting, together with his wife, designed the innovative ‘Bilderbuch für Kaufleute’ (Picture Book for Merchants). It served as a groundbreaking handbook for the functional design of posters, catalogues and packaging. Related artists and terms: Association of German Commercial Artists, Cologne School of Design, German Werkbund
PLEASE NOTE:
The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The statutory VAT of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee.
The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. VAT is included in the differential taxation.
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