Lot 891
G. Berg, 2 Bilderbücher: König Schlotterich / Das verlorene Schlüsselchen. Bern 1947-48.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
891
Category:
Picture books and children's books
Artist:
Grete (d. i.: Margrit Braegger) Berg
Berg, Grete (d. i.: Margrit Braegger): 2 childrens' books 1947-48
1) König Schlotterich. Picture book. Bern: Francke (1947). 28 x 21.7 cm. With 15 full-page colour lithographs by G. Berg. 33 pp. Hardback with coloured cover illustration.
2) Das verlorene Schlüsselchen. Picture book. Bern: Francke (1948). 28 x 21.7 cm. With 14 full-page colour lithographs by G. Berg. 32 pp. Original hardback with colour cover illustration.
(Both volumes are slightly worn and bumped, with some dust and age spots. The front cover of ‘König Schlotter’ has a repaired tear.)
Lexikon Schweizer Bilderbuch-Illustratoren p. 10. - Grete Berg (1906–1970) was originally trained as a singer and was born in Bern. Under the name Margrit Braegger, she held engagements at the Zurich and St Gallen municipal theatres. She toured throughout Switzerland with a puppet show which she created entirely herself, from the puppets and soft toys right through to the scripts and songs. During the war, she began writing and illustrating fairy tales; she founded the children’s magazine ‘TAPS’ and continued to create stage fairy tales and Punch-and-Judy shows. After ending her singing career in the 1940s, she published her children’s books under a pseudonym. – Both volumes are printed on green paper.
1) König Schlotterich. Picture book. Bern: Francke (1947). 28 x 21.7 cm. With 15 full-page colour lithographs by G. Berg. 33 pp. Hardback with coloured cover illustration.
2) Das verlorene Schlüsselchen. Picture book. Bern: Francke (1948). 28 x 21.7 cm. With 14 full-page colour lithographs by G. Berg. 32 pp. Original hardback with colour cover illustration.
(Both volumes are slightly worn and bumped, with some dust and age spots. The front cover of ‘König Schlotter’ has a repaired tear.)
Lexikon Schweizer Bilderbuch-Illustratoren p. 10. - Grete Berg (1906–1970) was originally trained as a singer and was born in Bern. Under the name Margrit Braegger, she held engagements at the Zurich and St Gallen municipal theatres. She toured throughout Switzerland with a puppet show which she created entirely herself, from the puppets and soft toys right through to the scripts and songs. During the war, she began writing and illustrating fairy tales; she founded the children’s magazine ‘TAPS’ and continued to create stage fairy tales and Punch-and-Judy shows. After ending her singing career in the 1940s, she published her children’s books under a pseudonym. – Both volumes are printed on green paper.