Feb 08, 2011 - Sale 2236

Sale 2236 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
DOROTHY WAUGH (1896-1996) STATE PARKS. Circa 1934.
39 3/4x27 1/4 inches, 101x69 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins, image and corners; abrasions in 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.