Martin Lehmann-Steglitz (1884 to 1950) designed it for NSU Motorenwerke of Neckarsulm in the early to mid 1920s. He had worked as a poster designer with his brother Walter, who had died before this poster was made. Enamel signs for NSU motorcycles of this period were made by Ferro-Email C. Robert Dold of Offenburg. NSU was founded in 1873 and had made motorcycles since 1901.
On the poster
A helmeted racer in a yellow leather suit crouches low over a dark NSU motorcycle, the machine angled sharply upward toward the viewer on an unbroken black ground. Bold teal speed-lines arc behind the figure. The NSU logotype fills the upper third in large teal block capitals, and cream italic brush lettering at the foot reads "Motorräder Touren u. Sportmodelle" (motorcycles, touring and sport models). Four colours and a low viewing angle reduce rider and machine to one gesture of forward motion.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

