May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 96

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

JAMES W. WILLIAMSON (1899-1984)

ARROW SHIRTS. Circa 1927.


39¼x29¼ inches, 99¾x74¼ cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, one into lower text; horizontal creases and slight darkening in image.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, James W. Williamson graduated from Yale in 1923 and went on to develop a prolific illustration career. He is best known for his advertisements for Arrow Shirts, Ford, and Clicquot Club Ginger Ale, and his work for a number of magazines such as Life, Punch, Vanity Fair, and The Delineator. He regularly illustrated for The Saturday Evening Post as well.