Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JAMES NORTHFIELD (1887-1973) AUSTRALIA / GREAT BARRIER CORAL REEF.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. J.E. Hackett, Melbourne.
Condition A-: tear at left edge, slightly into image; minor creases and foxing at edges. Paper.
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.