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Niklaus Troxler
Poster Auction XX.
$200.00
Niklaus Troxler
Poster Auction XX.
$200.00
Year: 1995.
Size: 27 x 39 inches
In keeping with its aims of supporting and fostering the appreciation of contemporary graphics while celebrating the lithographic traditions from which these designs sprung, Poster Auctions International commissioned a series of original poster designs to commemorate their twice-yealy sales from 1992 through 1997, at which point economic realities prevailed over artistic sentiments. The participating graphic artists comprise a who's who of the world's most-distinguished posterists, and each poster is a limited-edition of 200 numbered copies-all hand-signed-on special stock. Note that the design was also printed in an edition on regular stock to be pasted on the walls of Manhattan prior to each sale. The fact that these posters were papered over or torn down only days after they went up is another reason why these are so rare. Niklaus Troxler is a phenomenon bridging two worlds: jazz and poster art. 1966, as a 19 year-old apprentice typesetter, he organized his first jazz concert in his home town of Willisau, Switzerland. The Willisau Festival, which the young commercial artist launched in 1975, has since become one of the world's great jazz events-and the 200-some posters Troxler has designed for it have earned the highest honors, dozens of exhibitions, permanent places in the collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art and top awards almost annually at major international poster competitions. Here, the artist deploys his characteristic flat, bright colors and jazzy geometry to create a cut-paper rooster crowing his auction news.
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