May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DESIGNER UNKNOWN DRIVE TO THE FAIR WITH MOBILGAS. 1939.
41x27 inches.
Condition B+: minor tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper, tipped to mount.
A bold, stylized, Art Deco rendering of two of the prominent structures at San Francisco's Golden Gate Exposition. Depicted are the mighty 400 foot high Tower of the Sun, and the Elephant Towers, inspired by the architecture of Cambodia and Latin America. One of a series of accomplished, although anonymous, posters issued by Mobil in the 1930s, each with a tear-sheet across the bottom indicating the date the poster should be posted.