Feb 12, 2015 - Sale 2373

Sale 2373 - Lot 70

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DOROTHY WAUGH (1896-1996) NATIONAL PARKS / WINTER SPORTS. Circa 1934.
40x27 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x69 1/4 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, [Washington D.C.]
Condition A- / B+: tear at bottom edge, into image; minor creases and restoration in margins and image.
Dorothy Waugh studied design at the Chicago Institute of Art, then moved to New York where she managed Alfred A. Knopf's children's book department. During the 1930s, she worked for the National Park Service as production supervisor and also provided them with actual artwork and copy. There are at least eight known images which she designed for the National Parks and each is marked by a unique treatment of typography and bold graphics. Crouse p. 291.