Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HARRY HUDSON RODMELL (1896-1984) ROYAL HOLLAND LLOYD / AMSTERDAM / [LIMBURGIA.] 1921.
39x24 1/2 inches, 99x62 cm. Ronald Massey, London.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and image.
Rodmell, for whom little biographical information exists, worked for many different shipping companies, including the French Line, Shaw Savill & Albion, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Swedish Lloyd and the Bergen Line. The majority of his posters are realistic depictions of ships and landscapes.