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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
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Mustad's Margarin (Othar Holmboe, 1905)
Othar Holmboe (1868-1928) · Mustad's Margarin, 1905
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A lithograph poster by Othar Holmboe for Mustad's margarine, printed by Norsk lith. Officin in 1905, 68 by 94 cm; the National Library of Norway holds it as plktr_07398.
Why it matters
Holmboe was a leading Norwegian poster artist of the decade, and Mustad a household name.
What to notice
The attribution to Holmboe comes from J. Veiteberg's doctoral thesis of 2000, cited on the record.
A Norwegian household brand, in its own country's poster hand.
Provenance
- School
- Plakat — the Object Poster (Various)
- Designer
- Othar Holmboe (1868-1928)
- Printer / house
- Norsk lith. Officin
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Mustad's Margarin, 1905
- Source
- Nasjonalbiblioteket, National Library of Norway · NB plktr_07398
Live trademark
Mustad — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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