Dux swimsuits and knitwear - The leading brand!

Schneider, JenÅ

Publication Date: 1935

About this Item

Size: Pre-war 1/4 Sheet (cca. 48 x 31 cm). Decorative Art Deco poster from one of the golden ages of poster design It was designed for a Hungarian fashion company of the period called Dux There are only basic colours in the composition blue yellow and red combined with white The typography and the coloured plain forms in the background are typical of modernist poster style which was inspired by the German Bauhaus among others Modernism was one of the most important trend in Hungarian poster design of the period The modernist revolution started in 1926 when the former emigrant Bortnyik Kass k and Ber ny returned to Budapest Istv n Irsai joined in 1929 and these four artists were the most important members of the first generation of modernist constructivist commercial design The other important trend was Art Deco and there were many artists who designed countless amazing posters but the most important ones were Tibor R z Diamant J zsef Bottlik and Alad r Richter Jr This poster is a good example of the mixture of Modernism and Art Deco although the typographic design and the whole composition is characterised by Modernism the portrayal of the female figure is influenced by Art Deco as it is decoratively delicate drawn with graceful lines Fine, light fold marks, small stains, tiny tears at the bottom.

Seller Inventory # 1526

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dux swimsuits and knitwear - The leading brand!
• Publication Date: 1935
• Binding: Paper, stone lithography.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art Deco and Modernism (1920 - 1944)