Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
GERALD SPENCER PRYSE (1881-1957) THE HIGH PLACES. 1921.
39x23 3/4 inches, 99x60 cm. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd., London.
Condition B+ / A-: repaired tears through bottom margin, slightly affecting text; creases in margins.
Pryse may be best remembered for his World War I poster, "The Only Road for an Englishman," but he also created memorable images for the British Empire Exhibition, the British railway companies, the London Underground and the Labor Party. His lithographic style is reminiscent of Frank Brangwyn.