May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 198

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) MEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS READ THE FINANCIAL TIMES EVERY DAY. 1951.
30x20 inches, 76 1/4x50 3/4 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: minor tears at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
Between 1951 and 1959, Games designed eight posters for the Financial Times, each featuring his endearing "Manewspaper." This campaign, along with his work for Guinness and BOAC, were among his most popular of the time, and this particular character was one of his most memorable. V&A E.156-1980, Games fig. 209.