Jan 28, 2016 - Sale 2403

Sale 2403 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 650
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
HOWARD SCOTT.
"That's My Meat." Kingan's Reliable Sausages billboard ad artwork featuring an ecstatic grandma serving up a breakfast plate full of flapjacks and Kingan's sausages. Gouache on board with collage. 584x991 mm; 23x39 inches. Signed in upper left. Glue residue along margins from window matte. Scattered light soiling and toning, soiling over band in lower right corner. 1949.

Additional Details

Accompanied by photograph of Howard Scott sitting at his drafting board creating an advertisement for the Kingan's Reliable campaign. Scott's illustrations for the company's "That's My Meat" ad campaign brought Kingan's national attention and were among the most recognizable billboards and print ads of the period.