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Ernest Koehli, Black and White Right Hand Photogravure Plate

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Ernest Koehly black and white right hand photogravure plate inside the book Phographie 1947 edited by Arts et Metiers Graphiques. Measures: 28 x 22.5 cm Black wood framed size 40 x 50 cm Koehli, Ernst Born: 1913 Died: 1983 Preliminary course at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich 1928-1932, followed by Fachklasse für Fotografie with Hans Finsler 1932-1934. For over forty years Koehli ran his own photo studio in the Z-house on Stauffacherplatz in Zurich. From 1936 regular orders from trade unions and the Social Democratic Party SP. After the Second World War Koehli documented meetings, strikes, international congresses. As a photographer, Koehli also accompanied the supply and support activities of the Swiss Workers' Support Organization SAH (founded in 1936 by the SP and the Swiss Trade Union Confederation SGB) in Switzerland, France and Italy. In the fifties, large companies such as Migros increasingly became Koehli's customers. Koehli's photographs from the thirties and forties are important social-historical testimonies. The estate, saved by graphic designer Raymond Naef, is owned by the Swiss Social Archive in Zurich.
  • Creator:
    Ernest Koehli (Photographer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1979
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Barcelona, ES
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1427220116992
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