Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 231

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DOROTHY WAUGH (1896-1996)

WINTER SPORTS / NATIONAL STATE PARKS. Circa 1934.

40x27¼ inches, 101½x69¼ cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, [Washington D.C.]
Condition B+: creases in image; colors attenuated. Paper. Framed.

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.
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