Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 128

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

DORA M. BATTY (1900-1966)

OUT & ABOUT / BY LONDON TRANSPORT. 1938.

40x25 inches, 101½x63½ cm. The Bayward Press, London.
Condition A- / A: minor creases at edges; slight darkening at bottom edge; small pin holes in corners. Paper.

Dora Batty emerged from the London Central School which produced posters for the London City Council Tramway Lines. A large majority of the students there were women. Batty "was one of the most versatile female designers working for the Underground in the interwar period. She was trained in a wide range of disciplines including textile and ceramic design, advertising graphics and book illustration" (Underground p. 78).

Art for All 13, LTM 38.1270.2500, V&A E.124-1976.
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