Date: 1950
Size: 21 x 30.5 inches
Artist: Reyn Dirksen
A poster designed for the Dutch Fur Week, designed by Reyn Dirksen. Designed to promote the Fashion Week that ran from 14 to 19 September 1950, the design shows part of a female with coat and ruby red lips. Very fashionable, very Dutch and perfectly suited to purpose.
A beautiful design by famous Dutch artist Reyn Dirksen that remains in very good, vintage condition with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Reyn Dirksen (1924–1999) studied at the Institute of Applied Arts Education, which is now the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He created dozens of posters for a wide range of products. Many large companies as well as the municipality of Amsterdam made use of his design talent. For Amsterdam, he made a lot of posters for events, of which the most famous ones include HISWA, Fashion week, KLM and Schiphol, Heineken, Bols, Verkade, Rizla, Holland-America and Dutch Railways, Red Cross, etc. (pamono.com)
Rare and ready to frame.