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- 1937
- Zero (Hans Schleger), 1898 - 1976
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16 x 12 inches ~ (40 x 30 cm)$325
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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Rare prewar poster by the great graphic designer Zero. Born in Kempen, Prussia to Jewish parents, Schlesinger shortened his surname to Schleger when he was twenty years old. He attended the Kunstgewerbeschule to study painting and drawing (1918-21) and took a strong interest in the principles of the Bauhaus.Schleger moved to New York where he worked as a magazine paste-up artist and freelance advertising designer. He adopted the signature Zero, a wry comment on his status as a designer. In 1929 he returned to Berlin to work for the German office of W.S. Crawford. Schleger arrived in England in 1932 where his contacts among Crawford’s modernist designers, notably Edward McKnight Kauffer RDI and Ashley Havinden RDI, helped establish him at the centre of London’s avant-garde design community. As a result of his success Schleger stayed in Britain and became a naturalized citizen in 1939.
During the Second World War he designed propaganda posters, as Publicity Officer for London Transport, commissioned Schleger to design posters. After the war he worked as a consultant to Mather and Crowther, before founding his own company Hans Schleger & Associates in 1953.
Hans Schleger died at the age of 78, on 18th September 1976.
Schleger moved to New York where he worked as a magazine paste-up artist and freelance advertising designer. He adopted the signature Zero, a wry comment on his status as a designer. In 1929 he returned to Berlin to work for the German office of W.S. Crawford. Schleger arrived in England in 1932 where his contacts among Crawford’s modernist designers, notably Edward McKnight Kauffer RDI and Ashley Havinden RDI, helped establish him at the centre of London’s avant-garde design community. As a result of his success Schleger stayed in Britain and became a naturalized citizen in 1939.During the Second World War he designed propaganda posters, as Publicity Officer for London Transport, commissioned Schleger to design posters. After the war he worked as a consultant to Mather and Crowther, before founding his own company Hans Schleger & Associates in 1953.
Hans Schleger died at the age of 78, on 18th September 1976.
