Jun 18, 2020 - Sale 2538

Sale 2538 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CHARLES PAINE (1895-1967) STOP LOOK LISTEN / SPRING BY UNDERGROUND. 1928.
39 3/4x24 3/4 inches, 101x63 cm. Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., London.
Condition B+: repaired tear at bottom edge, through text; expert extensive overpainting in margins.
Born in Salford in 1895, Paine began his art career as a designer of stained-glass for Guthrie and Wells in Glasgow. He later became a prolific poster artist, creating vibrant and graphic works for London Transport and other companies. Throughout the 1920s, he designed 31 posters for the London Underground.