Feb 04, 2021 - Sale 2557

Sale 2557 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

JOHN ATHERTON (1900-1952)


New York World's Fair.
Poster, unbacked. 762x508 mm, 30x20 inches. 1939.

A commercial graphic designer, Atherton's output of posters was rather small; he is best remembered for this poster he designed for the New York World's Fair. He also designed at least two World War II posters. World of Tomorrow p. 218, Streamline p. 75.