Nov 11, 2002 - Sale 1951

Sale 1951 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 2,070
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. 1933.
41 1/2x28 inches. Neely Printing Co.
Condition B: expertly restored losses in margins affecting image; repaired tears in image.
The most dramatic of Pursell's Chicago World's Fair posters, depicting the three towers of the Federal Building (representing the branches of government) jutting up into the text. In the two years it was open 39,000,000 visitors came to the fair.