May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) CURIOSITY IGNORANCE BRAVADO. 1943.
28 1/2x19 1/4 inches, 72 1/2x48 cm.
Condition A. Paper.
During the war Games used photography and surrealism to create dramatic warnings. This image is from a series he designed for the War Office in 1942 and 1943 that was intended to help prevent accidents. When the poster was reproduced in the World Press News in November 1943, it was noted that even small, and in black and white, the image "conveys an extraordinarily powerful impression" (Games p. 53.) Games p. 57.