LESTER BEALL (1903-1969)
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S.S. AMERICA / UNITED STATES LINES. Circa 1952.
30x22 inches, 76
1
/
4
x56 cm.
Condition A / A-: pen mark in text at top; minor tears at edges; metal strips affixed to top and bottom
margins. Paper.
In 1937, Beall was the first American designer to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art.
He designed at least 6 posters for the United States Lines, each with a crisp, efficient, modern graphic
treatment, and realized with a contemporary dynamic vision.
[2,000/3,000]
