04 June 2013

Hardmeyer's Cock

From, 'The Swiss Poster' by Bruno Margadant, 1983


A Swiss dealer convinced me to buy this, Robert Hardmeyer's Cock.  I wasn't crazy about it at the time and really wanted an Agfa poster by Leupin but the dealer sold me with, "Hardmeyer is the birth of the Swiss poster."


It hangs in my NY apartment, and in the years I've been here, no one has said a thing about it.  And that's a good thing --  Because it says so much without uttering a word.


I bought it when I was throwing money away like a paratrooper in a Panamanian whore house --  But looking at it today... and knowing its story...I feel like I saved it somehow  -- My Cock in a starched white shirt. 



It's not quite history...almost 110 years. But it's getting there.  Still....it looks like someone just imagined it yesterday...




That's what I like about it. 
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5 comments:

  1. Unclelooney05 June, 2013 08:46

    Wasp101 has that poster hanging in his study.

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  2. Anonymous05 June, 2013 09:24

    That's the beauty of displaying a poster so different that no one else would hang or bother to comment upon.

    But do try to find a copy of that Agfa poster, a true gem.

    By the way, I think it's safe to say you're the only Panamanian paratrooper to ever have an interest in vintage post-war European product posters. But hey, I could be wrong.

    -DB

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  3. Anonymous06 June, 2013 17:58

    Nothing beats a well-hung poster.

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  4. bmackintosh09 June, 2013 17:20

    I love the Globus poster.

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  5. bmackintosh09 June, 2013 17:20

    I love the Globus poster!

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