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Auction History Result 4j037 AUF ZUR NARRHALLA 33x47 German special poster 1934 Schneider art of masks by cathedral! Date Sold 3/5/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded German Special Poster (measures 33" x 47 1/4" [84 x 120 cm]) (Learn More) Auf Zur Narrhalla (literally translates to "On to the Narrhalla"), the 1934 German poster promoting a festival which was held in Munich, Germany, and featuring Schneider art of a cat and masks with the Cathedral of Our Dear Lady in the background. Narrhalla is a Munich carnival organization with roots going back to 1893 and continuing to the present (with a break during World War II). The name of the organization is a play on the words Valhalla (the mythical dwelling place of fallen Germanic/Nordic warriors) and Narr (which means jester or fool). Carnival was originally a pagan festival, later it has become associated with the catholic church and was celebrated on the day before the beginning of Lent. The Bavarian capital with its rich catholic-baroque tradition of exuberant sensuality used to be a carnival (in Bavaria - Fasching) stronghold from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century until well into the 1930s, and it is in fact alive and kicking today. In 1914 alone, there were 533 masked balls and 145 black and white balls. This phenomenon of decadent hustle and bustle was created in particular by the artists of the Schwabinger Boheme, at first in the form of wild studio festivals, but increasingly also by artists' balls. The balls of the artists' company "Allotria", organized by the "painter princes" Franz von Lenbach, Franz von Stuck and Friedrich August von Kaulbach in the Art Nouveau Kunstlerhaus built in 1900 on Lenbachplatz, were absolutely gigantic. Another highlight was the "Arcadia Festival" of 1913, which attracted over 2,000 carnival fans, some of which had arrived from as far away as St. Petersburg. Artist: Schneider Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It has tape on the front of the right border and that tape has darkened somewhat. There is also a tiny tape stain in the right of the bottom border. Other than the above defects, the poster is in really nice condition, especially considering its age! Learn More about condition grades 
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