May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 576
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(POSTERS.) New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival. Group of 3 posters. Each measures 559x432 mm; 22x17 inches, multicolored designs on stiff paper, small pin holes in corners, gentle small creasing and minor wear as noted. Np, 1950s-60s

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Fritz Eichenberg. Design of a girl opening a book surrounded by an interested lion and lamb, all of whom are wearing Spring floral garlands Lynd Ward. Design features a boy who put down his fishing gear to lean against a tree to read his book, while a curious squirrel steals a peek over his shoulder, a few creases Leonard Weisgard. Featuring a truce between Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf as they affectionately lean against each other, joyfully reading tomes chosen from her basket of books.