May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
G. R. MORRIS (DATES UNKNOWN) BRITISH AIRWAYS / B.E.A., B.O.A.C., B.S.A.A. 1948.
39 1/4x24 1/4 inches, 99 1/2x61 1/2 cm. Chromoworks Ltd., England.
Condition B+: sharp horizontal fold above text; pin-holes in margins and corners.
Morris did work for the London Transport System, ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), the British Post Office and many other companies of all sizes, including British Airways. He "produced brilliant, frequently surrealist" posters (IWM II p. 46).