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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JOHN ARMSTRONG (1893-1973)
THEATRE - GOERS USE SHELL / YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL. 1938. 29 1/2x44 inches, 75x111 3/4 cm. [Waterlow, London.] Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; faint staining in image. After initially studying law, and working as an official war artist in WWI, Armstrong's career included not only poster advertising and mural art for Shell, but also film and stage sets, book illustrations and painting. His eight-panel mural commissioned for the Shell-Mex House, entitled Transport through the Ages, illustrated the before and after impact of Shell on various forms of transportation. While influenced by Classical Greek art, his affinity for Surrealism is even more evident in his Shell posters.
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