Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
FORTUNINO MATANIA (1881-1963) SOUTHPORT / FOR A HOLIDAY IN WINTERTIME. 1925.
39 3/4x49 3/4 inches, 101x126 1/2 cm. Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London.
Condition B+: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; abrasions in image; minor restoration at edges.
An elegant assemblage of theatre-goers bedecked with minks, monocles and top hats, are exiting Southport's Garrick Theatre into a rainy evening. The theatre, considered an Art Deco masterpiece, was designed by a local architect, George Tonge. It opened a week before Christmas in 1932. The poster is an evocative tour-de-force of style and imagery. Voyage p. 89, Furness vol. 6, p. 138.