RARE & IMPORTANT TRAVEL POSTERS
Catalogue Information: 162 lots with images | View lots
Date: 18 November 2009
Auction House:
Location:
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY
USA
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Phone: 212.254.4710
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Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing Notes:
Exhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2196 - Rare & Important Travel Posters - begins at 1:30pm in New York on Wed, Nov 18. All material in Sale 2196 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, Nov 14: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Nov 16: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Nov 17: 10am to 6pm -Wed, Nov 18: 10am to Noon.
Lot 1: DESIGNER UNKNOWN. AUSTRALIA / AIR-INDIA. 39x25 inches, 101x63 cm. Bombay Fine Art Offset & Litho Works.
DESIGNER UNKNOWN AUSTRALIA / AIR-INDIA. 39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 cm. Bombay Fine Art Offset & Litho Works. Condition A- / B+: loss in bottom right corner; tears at edges; creases in margins and image. Paper. A world renowned and recognized corpora [...more]
Lot 2: TOMI UNGERER (1931- ). AIR-INDIA / PARIS. 1969. 39x25 inches, 100x64 cm. Prasad Process Ltd., Madras.
TOMI UNGERER (1931- ) AIR-INDIA / PARIS. 1969. 39 1/2x25 inches, 100x64 cm. Prasad Process Ltd., Madras. Condition B+: creases in margins and image. Framed. A delightfully insouciant, playful and enticingly risque image. One of the twelve posters [...more]
Lot 3: HENRY GEORGE GAWTHORN (1879-1941). VISIT INDIA / A STREET BY MOONLIGHT. Circa 1925. 39x25 inches, 100x63 cm. Adam Bros & Shardlow, Ltd.
HENRY GEORGE GAWTHORN (1879-1941) VISIT INDIA / A STREET BY MOONLIGHT. Circa 1925. 39 1/2x25 inches, 100x63 1/2 cm. Adam Bros & Shardlow, Ltd., London. Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image. In many of his finest posters, G [...more]
Lot 4: GOBINDA MANDAL (DATES UNKNOWN). AGRA. 1937. 40x25 inches, 101x63 cm. Calcutta Chromotype Ltd.
GOBINDA MANDAL (DATES UNKNOWN) AGRA. 1937. 40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Calcutta Chromotype Ltd. Condition A- / B+: losses, minor tears and creases in margins. Paper. Built between 1631 and 1648, the Taj Mahal is one of the world's most famou [...more]
Lot 5: SOBHA SINGA (DATES UNKNOWN). NAINI TAL. Circa 1935. 39x25 inches, 101x63 cm. Calcutta Chromotype Ltd., Calcutta.
SOBHA SINGA (DATES UNKNOWN) NAINI TAL. Circa 1935. 39 7/8x25 1/8 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm. Calcutta Chromotype Ltd., Calcutta. Condition B+: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, almost 6500 [...more]
