Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 167

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
ARTHUR A. JOHNSON (DATES UNKNOWN) HARVESTIME - ALONG THE NORTH SHORE LINE. 1925.
41 3/4x27 1/2 inches, 106x70 cm. Illinois Litho Co., Chicago.
Condition A- / B+: repaired tears in image; minor restoration along unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.
In the 1920s, the Chicago train companies, including the North Shore Line, the South Shore Line and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company "commissioned the city's finest graphic designers to produce advertising posters that encouraged Chicagoans to use rapid transit for more than commuting to work" (www.Chicago-L.org).