Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JO MORA (1876-1947) MAP OF LOS ANGELES. 1942.
31 1/4x23 3/4 inches, 79 1/2x60 1/4 cm. Jo Mora Publications, Monterey.
Condition A. Paper.
This map, considered "his greatest cartographic creation" (Picturing America p. 31), contains vignettes and captions relating to the history of Los Angeles, including the film industry, conflicts over water and much more. It is a tour-de-force of humor, Western iconography and Mora's inimitable skill of weaving them all together. Picturing America pl. 59.