Clothing
by Julius KlingerCorsets Obersky
Man staring at manequin.Klinger, a native of Vienna, was one of Berlin's best known posterists of the period 1900-1914, Germany's golden era of poster art. In fact he can be considered its clown prince: he contributed hundreds of illustrations to humor magazines and brought his sense of humor abundantly to his poster work as well. In this deliciously whimsical design for a Berlin corset maker, he lets the mannequin's ridiculously long hat-feather lead our eye to the gentleman who is gazing at the merchandise with a voyeuristic gleam.
