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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996)
HEYSHAM BELFAST / EXPRESS NIGHT SERVICE. 1951.
39x24 1/2 inches, 99x62 1/4 cm. The Baynard Press, London. Condition B+: repaired tears through upper left image, slightly into text; replaced upper right corner; crease, abrasions and restoration at edges and in image. Born in Whitechapel, London, Abram Games became one of Britain's foremost graphic artists. Largely self-taught, Games opened his studio in 1936 and before the war, was already designing posters for major clients such as Shell, The London Transport and The National Post-Office. In 1942, he was appointed the "Official War Poster Designer" at the War Office, in which capacity he created more than 100 posters, and became the key person for British war communication.
