JOHN ATHERTON (1900-1952)
193
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NEWYORKWORLD’S FAIR. 1939.
30x20 inches, 76x51 cm. Grinnell Lith Co.,
New York.
Condition B+: crease through lower left corner;
creases in image; minor tears at edges, some
slightly affecting image. Paper.
Atherton was a graphic designer and a Surrealist
painter. He is best remembered for this poster
and his award-winning
“Buy a Share in America”
poster from 1941. He went on to design many
covers for
The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune
and
Holiday
magazines.
[1,000/1,500]
ALBERT STAEHLE (1899-1974)
192
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NEWYORKWORLD’S FAIR 1939.
30x20 inches, 76x51 cm. Grinnell Lith Co.,
New York.
Condition B+: minor tears, creases and losses at
edges, some slightly affecting image; minor skinning
in image. Paper.
An official “girl guide,” identifiable by the red
patch on her arm, is waving “potential fairgoers
into the fair” (World of Tomorrow p. 218). World
of Tomorrow cover and p. 218.
[1,000/1,500]
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