Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DOROTHY WAUGH (1896-1996) HISTORIC NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS. Circa 1934.
40x27 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x69 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, [Washington, D.C.]
Condition A- / B+: repaired tears and restoration at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image.
"A spectacular synthesis of styles [with] the conventional busts set against a gently undulating background that in turn contrasts with the bold art deco lettering. It is modernism in the service of tradition - and vice versa" (Crouse p. 292). Crouse p. 292.