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AUSTIN COOPER (1890-1964) PARIS / SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 1934. 39 3/4x24 3/4 inches, 101x63 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London. Condition B+ / B: overpainting and splotching in image; restoration in corners; abrasions in image. Canadian-born Austin Cooper was stylistic virtuoso and a prolific artist, working extensively for the London Underground and Britain's different railway companies. His posters reflect many different design concepts, from the cartoonish to the literal. Here, he applies Cubist principles to commercial graphics and the result is an intriguing montage of Parisian imagery.
