Nov 11, 2005 - Sale 2056

Sale 2056 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
EDWARD BAWDEN [CITY.] 1952.
40x25 inches. Curwen Press, Plaistow.
Condition B+: repaired tears; scotch tape on verso. Paper.
"Bawden's assemblage of architectural images from the City's square mile includes The Old Bailey (top left), the Monument (top right) [and] St. Paul's Cathedral" (Underground p. 108). Note the pigeon at the bottom with the London Underground logo in its eye. This image was one half of a two-sheet poster, the second sheet being primarily text, containing "some suggestions for City goers (who may or may not know their city)." Underground p. 108.