Jan 22, 2015 - Sale 2372

Sale 2372 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
ROYAL CROWN COLA.
"Hang `em with Bonds!" Oil on canvas, with mounted board label onlay. 495x1003 mm; 19 1/2x39 1/2 inches. Unsigned but attributed to Frederick Sands Brunner. Re-stretched over original stretcher with restoration and overpainting. Circa 1943. Ex-collection Victor Burns, Art Director for Royal Crown Cola.

Additional Details

A large, oblong banner advertisement with a Christmas / War Bonds theme featuring a cheerful young woman, greatly resembling Donna Reed or Barbara Stanwyck (both Royal Crown celebrity spokesmodels at that time), hanging ribbon-tied bonds to her Christmas tree.