Stenzel, “Zeppelin over Berlin,17 September 1938”

Stenzel (fl.c.1930s)

“Zeppelin over Berlin, 17 September 1938” (aka “Zeppelin űber Berlin am 17.9.1938”), c.1938, an original lithograph (as lettered in the plate) printed in a green-black ink on buff coloured wove paper.

Diomedia (with credit to the Science Museum, London) offers the following description of this print: “Lithograph by Stenzel depicting an airship above a gantry watched by admiring crowds in a city square in Berlin, Germany. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917) started designing and building engine-powered dirigibles (which became known as zeppelins) after retiring from military service in 1873, and constructed the first successful dirigible in 1900. Airships were used for commercial flights as a fast and luxurious alternative to ocean liners until the late 1930s, when several notable crashes led to safety concerns which put an end to their popularity (https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-zeppelin-over-berlin-17-september-1938-image5541730.html).

Size: (sheet) 33.3 x 24.7cm; (outer image borderline) 26.3 x 17.4cm.

Lettered in plate along the lower edge: (left) “Stenzel”; (centre) “ZEPPELIN ŰBER BERLIN AM 17.9.1938”; (right) “ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIE”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this rare original lithograph of a Zeppelin in flight less than a year after the disastrous Hindenburg airship accident of 1937, for AU $216 in total (currently US $134.43/ EUR 130.30/ GBP 108.08 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $216) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this curiously wonderful image of a huge Zeppelin accompanied by three small aircraft and an admiring crowd as the massive airship launches skywards from its mooring gantry in Berlin, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold