May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) RADIOLOCATION. 1941.
29 1/2x19 1/2 inches, 75x49 1/2 cm. Greycaine Limited, Wafford and London.
Condition A-: creases in image; minor restoration at edges.
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. "Radioloaction (radar) was a secret and highly technical subject of vital importance to defense. By the time of the Battle of Britain there were 21 operational stations capable of detecting enemy aircraft up to 200 miles away. Many of the operators were women" (Games p. 21). VAM E.1888-2004, IWM PST 2843, Games Fig. 16.