Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ARTHUR C. MICHAEL (DATES UNKNOWN) INDIA AUSTRALIA & INTERMEDIATE PORTS / P & O TOURIST CLASS. Circa 1935.
40x24 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x62 cm. R.H. Perry, [London.]
Condition A-: repaired tears, creases and restoration in text at top.
Michael designed posters for the LNER railroad as well as the White Star Line. Whether depicting sports, beach scenes or elegant evening tableaux, his subjects are vivaciously rendered in a style which radiates England's optimism in the best tradition of pre-war travel posters. His realistic style, a contemporary Art Deco mannerism, focuses as much on fashion as on lifestyle.