Jan 17, 2002 - Sale 1922

Sale 1922 - Lot 397

Unsold
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(WYETH, N. C.--ADVERTISEMENTS.) Cream of Wheat Company. "Where the Mail Goes, Cream of Wheat Goes." Color advertisement measuring 380x245 mm, image size, matted and framed. Few light scuffs across image. Not examined out of frame. Np: Cream of Wheat Company, 1907

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The image of a cowboy on horseback at the Cream of Wheat mailbox was one of three images Wyeth did for the Cream of Wheat Company and among the first of his commercial art illustrations. This image appeared in such periodicals as Ladies' Home Journal, Collier's, American Cookery, and The Saturday Evening Post, among others. Allen 294; 144.<