LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949). NACHTIGALL SCHLAG. 1935.
26 7/8×22 ¼ inches. G. Schuh & Cie., Munich.Nachtigallschlag
(The Song of the Nightingale) was a record label launched by the German
Grammophon Company. Employing a sophisticated use of shadows, Hohlwein
represents a nightingale perched on a rose bush against a full moon
beneath a starry sky. As with many of his product advertisements from
this period (1908-1911), Hohlwein made minimal use of colors and used
thick, sans-serif typography organized as a block at the bottom of the
poster.