May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 585
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) PERSONAL CLEANLINESS. 1941.
14 3/4x9 3/4 inches, 37 1/2x24 3/4 cm. [Lowe and Brydone Printers Ltd., London.]
Condition A. Paper. Matted and framed.
Largely self-taught, Games opened his studio in 1936, and was soon designing posters for major clients such as Shell, The London Transport and the National Post Office. In 1942, during World War II, Games was appointed the official War Poster Designer, in which capacity he created more than 100 posters and became a key figure for British war communication. Games p. 189, MoMA 164.1943.