Books and Manuscripts · Lot 20

Bayer, H. Lot of 3

Notgeld banknotes: 1000000 Mark, Eine Million Mark (2x: brown, series D and yellow, series G) and 2000000, Zwei Million Mark (grey, Series D), all Weimar, Landesregierung Thüringen, 1923, 7x14 cm., printed in black and brown/ yellow/ grey on recto and verso, all numb. on verso.

Lot: 20
Auction: Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025
Section: GLOBAL AVANTGARDE - MODERNIST TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN 1915-1950
Estimate: €50 – €70
Result: €100
Photos: 2 photos

Condition

All used.

Notes

Droste p.29; cf. Rössler p.35; Lupton p.170f Herbert Bayer designed these banknotes in 1923 when he was still a student at the Bauhaus: "Designed nearly overnight for immediate printing, and relying on only the type available at the press, Bayer's banknotes are unique in their simplicity. With mainly Breite Grotesk (...) and none of the ornamentation, dense pattern, or portraiture that decorate most legal tender" (Lupton).