Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 155

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HAROLD FLUCKE (1896-?) GENERAL MOTORS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR / CHICAGO. Circa 1933.
28x42 inches, 71x106 3/4 cm.
Condition B+: creases and minor tears at edges; sharp vertical creases in image. Paper.
A cutaway view of the General Motors building at the Chicago World's Fair. Harold Flucke was a commercial graphic designer whose cartoons graced the ads for cars, air conditioners, spark plugs and other products. The complete image of the building that appears in the inset was also used on postcards for the fair. The complete image of the building that appears in the inset was also used on postcards for the fair and the overall design (with different text) appeared as an ad in the opening week edition of the World's Fair Weekly, 1933. This poster, however, is RARE - we could find no other recorded copies of this image.