Feb 05, 2009 - Sale 2168

Sale 2168 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ANDERS BECKMAN (1907-1967) AEROTRANSPORT / SWEDISH AIR LINES. 1935.
39x24 1/2 inches, 99x62 cm. Iduns Tr. Esselte, Sthlm.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restored losses at edges; restored punch holes in corners; creases at edges and in image.
Founded in 1924, A. B. Aerotransport (ABA) was Sweden's first airline company, and one of three that were eventually merged into SAS. Beckman was one of Sweden's foremost graphic designers. He was renowned not only for his poster work, but also for the Pavillion he designed for the 1939 New York World's Fair and many other international exhibitions and events. In 1939 he founded the Anders Beckman School to train up-and-coming Swedish youth in fashion and advertising design. SAS p. 20.