Graphic Design 2026-04-07 Auction - 207 Price Results - Swann Auction Galleries in NY - Page 5
Bruno Munari, Campari. Billboard poster. 1964.Logo Design by Rob Janoff, Apple / Personal Computers. 1980.Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, Champions du Monde. 1930.
Done
New York, NY, United States
Auction Details

Graphic Design

Our spring Graphic Design auction will stand alone this year as we have accumulated so many great works in this burgeoning, sophisticated market.

The auction is anchored by two outstanding works by the indomitable A.M. Cassandre. His rare and exceptional book poster advertising Paul Morand's Champions du Monde has appeared at auction fewer than half a dozen times in the last 30 years. Second is the previously unseen-on-the-market Café Chat Noir. This 1932 poster has near mythical status, as it has historically been known to exist only as an unpublished poster.

The designers whose work is featured in the sale read like a Who's Who of twentieth century titans, including: Erik Nitsche, Bertold Löffler, Fortunato Depero, Ludwig Hohlwein, Herbert Matter, Marcello Nizzoli, Sepo, Gustav Klutsis, Herbert Leupin, John Massey, Leo Lionni, Giovani Pintori, Sven Brasch, Ivan Chermayeff, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and many more.

Works from around the globe are represented by designs from Russia, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, The Americas, France, Great Britian, Sweden, Poland, and more.
Auction Curator:
Nicholas D. Lowry
Nicholas D. Lowry
Director, Vintage Posters Department
SOLD
Edgar Ainsworth, Winter Shell. 1933.: Edgar Ainsworth 1905-1975 Winter Shell. 1933. Condition B+ / A-: creases and abrasions in margins, text and image and along vertical folds. Ainsworth was an illustrator, poster designer, painter,
0100: Edgar Ainsworth, Winter Shell. 1933.Est. $1,000-$1,500
SOLD
Milton Ackoff, Polio Care Open to All. 1949.: Milton Ackoff 1915-? Polio Care Open to All. 1949. Condition B+: extensive expert overpainting in lower left image; repaired tear at bottom edge; minor repaired tears, abrasions and restoration at
0107: Milton Ackoff, Polio Care Open to All. 1949.Est. $800-$1,200
SOLD
Herbert Bayer, Polio Research. 1949.: Herbert Bayer 1900-1985 Polio Research. 1949. Condition A- / B+: small replaced losses at top corners; minor repaired tears and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Rare.
0108: Herbert Bayer, Polio Research. 1949.Est. $1,200-$1,800
SOLD
Josef Müller-Brockmann, Schützt das Kind! 1953.: Josef Müller-Brockmann 1914-1996 Schützt das Kind! 1953. Condition A-: minor repaired tears, creases and restoration at edges; minor abrasions in image. Müller-Brockmann, the
0110: Josef Müller-Brockmann, Schützt das Kind! 1953.Est. $2,000-$3,000
SOLD
Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Solar Dynamics. 1955.: Erik Nitsche 1908-1998 General Dynamics / Solar Dynamics. 1955. Condition A: minor creases at edges and in image. Paper. This is the Spanish language poster from the second Atoms for Peace series.
0114: Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Solar Dynamics. 1955.Est. $1,500-$2,000
SOLD
Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Astrodynamics. 1955.: Erik Nitsche 1908-1998 General Dynamics / Astrodynamics. 1955. Condition A-: minor creases at edges and in text; slight toning at left edge. Paper. "The first series of six posters established a
0115: Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Astrodynamics. 1955.Est. $1,500-$2,000
SOLD
Giovanni Pintori, Olivetti Elettresumma 22. 1956.: Giovanni Pintori 1912-1999 Olivetti Elettresumma 22. 1956. Condition A-: repaired tears at right edge; minor staining. Framed. Directly after he finished school in Monza in 1936, Pintori was hired
0118: Giovanni Pintori, Olivetti Elettresumma 22. 1956.Est. $700-$1,000
SOLD
Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Basic Forces. 1956.: Erik Nitsche 1908-1998 General Dynamics / Basic Forces. 1956. Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges; creases in text and image. This is the German language poster from the second Atoms for
0119: Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Basic Forces. 1956.Est. $2,000-$3,000
SOLD
Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Servodynamics. 1956.: Erik Nitsche 1908-1998 General Dynamics / Servodynamics. 1956. Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges; creases in text and image. This is the Italian language poster from the Atoms for Peace
0121: Erik Nitsche, General Dynamics / Servodynamics. 1956.Est. $1,000-$1,500