Oct 26, 2017 - Sale 2459

Sale 2459 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964) TO - DAY IN COMFORT BY "GREEN LINE" COACH. 1933.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., London.
Condition B+ / A-: mat staining and repaired tears in margins; minor creases in margins and image; small stain in bottom margin; colors attenuated.
"In 1933, with the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board, a new logo was introduced. Designed by C.W. Bacon, the winged symbol only lasted a short while and was soon replaced by the familiar, and slightly reproportioned bullseye" (Pleasure Trips p. 84).