HORACE TAYLOR (1881-1934) TO SUMMER SALES BY UNDERGROUND. 1926. 40x24 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x61 1/2 cm. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd., London. Condition A- / B+: minor repaired tears and creases at edges; minor restoration along horizontal fold; repaired pin holes in corners. Framed. Although he worked primarily as a commercial artist, Horace Taylor was also a painter, cartoonist and a stage designer. His posters are always brightly colored and eye-catchingly Art Deco in their stylization. He designed posters for London Transport, the Underground, the British railway companies and several ocean liner companies. Underground p. 58, Art for All 107, Poster Art 150 p. 64.
