Aug 05, 2015 - Sale 2389

Sale 2389 - Lot 523

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JAMES NORTHFIELD (1887-1973) AUSTRALIA / GREAT BARRIER CORAL REEF. Circa 1935.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. J.E. Hackett, Melbourne.
Condition B: restored losses in top corners; repaired tears in margins and image; restoration in margins.
One of Australia's most renowned attractions, the Great Barrier Reef was the subject of a handful of posters during the 1930s. Percy Trompf, Gert Sellheim and Eileen Mayo all designed images focusing on the extraordinary beauty of this wonder of the natural world. Northfield p. 52.