Zoologischer Garten
Poster
1910 (printed)
1910 (printed)
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A poster of 1910 advertising the Zoological Gardens in Berlin and a military band that performed there daily. The Austrian artist Julius Klinger was a prominent poster designer. A resident in Berlin, he worked for the printers Hollerbaum & Schmidt. Klinger's superb pink flamingo curves sinuously over the lettering and image below, from which its elegant legs seem to grow.
Object details
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| Title | Zoologischer Garten (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | colour lithography |
| Brief description | Julius Klinger. Zoologischer Garten. Poster. Berlin, 1910. |
| Physical description | Poster showing a flamingo |
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| Credit line | Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. |
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| Summary | A poster of 1910 advertising the Zoological Gardens in Berlin and a military band that performed there daily. The Austrian artist Julius Klinger was a prominent poster designer. A resident in Berlin, he worked for the printers Hollerbaum & Schmidt. Klinger's superb pink flamingo curves sinuously over the lettering and image below, from which its elegant legs seem to grow. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.614-1915 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2003 |
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