Johann Michael Bossard (1874-1950), Swiss sculptor and graphic artist of the Art Nouveau period, studied in Berlin and was, among others, a master student of Arthur Kampf. In 1906 he received the commission for the artistic interior design of the Hotel Adlon. ''Meerwarte'', from the cycle ''Das Jahr'' comprising a total of 53 sheets, colour lithograph on wove paper (papier vélin), 1921, one of 50 copies, signed by hand at the bottom right, sheet measures approx. 56 x 74 cm.