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VARIOUS ARTISTS THIS IS SUBWAY

Modernist Posters
07.05.2007
Schätzpreis
400 $ - 600 $
Zuschlagspreis:
600 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 192

VARIOUS ARTISTS THIS IS SUBWAY

Modernist Posters
07.05.2007
Schätzpreis
400 $ - 600 $
Zuschlagspreis:
600 $
Beschreibung:

VARIOUS ARTISTS THIS IS SUBWAY ADVERTISING. 1948. Group of 9 miniature posters. 5 1/2x10 1/2 inches. New York Subways Advertising Co. Condition varies, generally A-. Printed on heavy stock. A nice group of mid-century American graphic designs, promoting advertising in the New York City subway system. The artists include E. McKnight Kauffer Paul Rand Lester Beall, Herbert Bayer Erik Nitsche and Otis Shepard. These miniature car-cards were used as part of a campaign to boost advertising on the New York subway system. They were sent to prospective advertisers on a weekly a basis, along with miniature reproductions of the posters used in the subway advertising series themselves (not included here). Their goal was to "reveal in a new light the almost unlimited possibilities of this medium." Each card has the artist's bio on the back and a factoid about advertising on the subway.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 192
Auktion:
Datum:
07.05.2007
Auktionshaus:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

VARIOUS ARTISTS THIS IS SUBWAY ADVERTISING. 1948. Group of 9 miniature posters. 5 1/2x10 1/2 inches. New York Subways Advertising Co. Condition varies, generally A-. Printed on heavy stock. A nice group of mid-century American graphic designs, promoting advertising in the New York City subway system. The artists include E. McKnight Kauffer Paul Rand Lester Beall, Herbert Bayer Erik Nitsche and Otis Shepard. These miniature car-cards were used as part of a campaign to boost advertising on the New York subway system. They were sent to prospective advertisers on a weekly a basis, along with miniature reproductions of the posters used in the subway advertising series themselves (not included here). Their goal was to "reveal in a new light the almost unlimited possibilities of this medium." Each card has the artist's bio on the back and a factoid about advertising on the subway.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 192
Auktion:
Datum:
07.05.2007
Auktionshaus:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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