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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CHARLES B. MEDIN (1883-?) THE COLISEUM / BY THE RAPID TRANSIT LINES. 1927. 82 1/4x41 3/4 inches, 206 1/2x106 cm. Illinois Litho Co., Chicago. Condition B+ / B: restored losses in top and right margins, affecting image; restoration and minor overpainting in margins; restoration and overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets. Medin, a sculptor, photographer and artist, studied art at the Art Institute in Chicago and became the assistant art director and staff artist for the Illinois Central Railroad magazine (he is credited with having redesigned the Illinois Central's Diamond insignia). He created many posters for the Rapid Transit Lines.
