Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

AUSTIN COOPER (1890-1964)

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE BRITISH ISLES / EMPIRE PRODUCE. 1928.


40x60 inches, 101 1/2x152 1/2 cm. John Horn Limited, London.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds.

Austin Cooper was a stylistic virtuoso and a prolific artist, whose first commercial venture was a graphic design studio in his native Canada. His highly-pictorial, Art Deco style received widespread public acclaim and he quickly found work with many of Britain's most important poster-commissioning companies, such as the London Underground, the LNER and the Empire Marketing Board. B.O.3. Issued by the Empire Marketing Board.