Feb 28, 2002 - Sale 1926

Sale 1926 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 1,035
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ADVERTISING.) Brewer, Edward V. "A Colored Supplement". Color lithographed advertisement for Cream of Wheat, showing 3 Blacks in a stereotypical kitchen scene, the 2 adults admiring a box of Cream of Wheat being held by a little boy in a chef's hat. With the 4 color separations and the final camera ready image. Together, 5 sheets; staple bound along top edge onto a paper wrapper marked "office copy." Approximately 14x12 inches.. Np, 1916

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Several artists designed ads for Cream of Wheat, but the best known is Edward Brewer, whose Norman Rockwell-like style is immediately recognizable.<