1200 - Tomi Ungerer, "Merke, man braucht des Regenbogens Stärke", Siegwerk print, worker in dungarees

Tomi Ungerer, "Merke, man braucht des Regenbogens Stärke", Siegwerk print, worker in dungarees (1931 Strasbourg – 2019 Cork), colour offset/paper, signed lower right, numbered lower left 182/300, titled on the reverse in another hand, made in collaboration with the Siegwerk ink factory, laughing worker in profile with brown peaked cap, white shirt and blue dungarees, clenching his fist and holding his rolled-up sleeve with the other hand, a rainbow on his upper arm, good condition, slightly stained, image 23.5x21 cm (HxW), passe-partout, glazed, framed, blue frame, frame rubbed in places, overall 52x42 cm (HxW) Tomi Ungerer, who died in 2019, lived alternately in Ireland and in his home town of Strasbourg from 1976, where the Musée Tomi Ungerer opened on 2 November 2007. Besides books and prints he also designed buildings, such as the kindergarten in Karlsruhe-Wolfartsweier in the form of a stylised cat whose mouth forms the main entrance. The kindergarten was intended as a sign of Franco-German friendship between Baden-Württemberg and Alsace. The Siegwerk group today employs more than 1,000 people at its headquarters in Siegburg.