DESIGNER UNKNOWN A CARNIVAL OF GREAT EVENTS!! / SOUTH AUSTRALIA CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS. 1936.
39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: restored loss in lower right corner; restoration along printer's creases in top right image; minor repaired tears, creases and restoration at edges.
In 1934 and 1935, Australia celebrated the Victorian centennial, and in 1938, the country's sesquicentennial was celebrated in Sydney. For each of these events, a number of prominent posters were designed by the leading Australian poster artists. Less codified, was the South Australian centenary in Adelaide. Proclaimed a state in 1836, the events for this anniversary celebration included "The National Games, The Empire Exhibition, Pageants by Sea and Air, The Fight for the Ashes," - all of which are graphically depicted in silhouette between bold, diagonal swaths of text. rare. We could find no other copy at auction in over 15 years.