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505 [§] HANS UNGER (1915-1975) COUNTRY WALKS; SPRING, 1956 gouache and watercolour, signature logo UNGER; signed, dated and titled SPRING verso, unframed, 76cm x 56cm; together with a copy of the POSTER, for London Transport, with inscription quoting R. L. Stevenson, unframed, 50.5cm x 34.5cm (2) Note: This was the original artwork supplied to the London Transport to be used as a poster on the underground, in 1956.

£3,000-5,000

506 OLYMPIC GAMES, MUNICH FOUR SCREENPRINT ‘ARTIST SERIES’ POSTERS, 1971/2 all with the inscription OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN 1972, and with facsimile signatures, unframed, comprising examples by VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997); HORST ANTES (B. 1936); ALLEN JONES (B. 1937); and RICHARD SMITH, dated ‘71 (4) 105cm x 64cm approx.

£250-350

507 DAVID KLEIN (1918-2005) FOR TWA TWO TRAVEL POSTERS, MID-20TH CENTURY comprising ‘Fly TWA/ The Orient’, 96.5cm x 63cm, and ‘Holy Land/ Fly TWA Jets’, facsimilie signature, 105.5cm x 63.5cm; also S. KREDE, ‘Northern Sweden’, facsimile signature, 99.5cm x 61.5cm; and a DIETRICH SCHWARZWALD poster, with inscriptions ‘Dietrich’ and ‘Schwarzwald’, 118cm x 84cm, and including a GROUP OF EXHIBITION POSTERS, 1970S AND 80S, some mounted on board, comprising posters for the exhibitions of: ROBERT COLQHOUN, ‘Woman with a Birdcage’, 1981, 76cm x 51cm; PAUL KLEE ‘The Last Years’, 1974, 76cm x 51cm; and PISCASSO ‘Fête de L’Humanité’, 1973, 65cm x 99.5cm (7) £300-500

509 508 ROSENTHAL, GERMANY FOUR ‘STUDIO-LINIE’ PORCELAIN VASES, MID/LATE 20TH CENTURY comprising a geometric shoulder vase, 22.5cm high; a small bottle vase of bulbous form, 11.5cm high; a swollen oval vase, 12.5cm high; and a small dish with pinched rim, 13cm across, variously marked (4) £100-200

COLUMBUS-VERLAG PAUL OESTERGAARD K.G COLUMBUS-DUO STANDING GLOBE, CIRCA 1954 stained walnut, plated metal, aluminium and glass 72cm wide, 111cm high Note: Columbus-Verlag Paul Oestergaard GmbH is the oldest producing globe manufacturer in the world. At the beginning of the 20th century two brothers, Peter and Paul Oestergaard began producing globes, and released their first globe in 1904, setting up a cartographic publishing house in 1909. In 1919 the firm was producing globes in 24 languages.

£300-500


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