May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 2

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
FLORENCE LUNDBORG (1871-1949) THE LARK FOR MAY. 1896.
24x14 inches, 61x35 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image; horizontal fold.
Lundborg was one of the most prominent female artists working in the poster field at the turn-of-the century. Brietenbach contends that The Lark posters "rank among the best the American poster movement produced" (The American Poster p. 17). Kiehl 120, Margolin p. 133, Resnick 4.