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Zugspitz, German Alps

 

Poster Artist
Friese
Title
Zugspitz, German Alps
Location
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitz, Bavaria, Germany
Date
1930 (approx)
Condition
A-
Size
102 x 64 cm / 40 x 25 inches
Description Lithograph in colours, 1930 (approx), printed by Selle & Co A.G., Berlin.

A classic, magnificently art deco piece of 1930's poster art depicting a birds-eye view of the German Alps and, in particular, the Zugspitz, the tallest mountain in Germany. In the foreground can be seen the separate pre-war villages (as they then were) of Garmisch and Partenkirchen, now home to the famous World Cup downhill ski event in January each year. In the lower margin the poster reads

Zugspitz, German Alps

£420