Dec 18, 2013 - Sale 2336

Sale 2336 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948) COLMAN'S MUSTARD. Circa 1898.
88x39 inches, 223 1/2x99 cm. David Allen & Sons, Belfast.
Condition B / B+: tears, repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image; skinning and offsetting in image; tape on verso; vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets attached. Paper.
Hassall studied in Antwerp and trained at the Academie Julian in Paris before settling in London. He was a prolific designer, creating over six hundred posters in a seven-year period. He created advertisements for both theaters and for commercial products, such as Nestle's. This image was also used on postcards. DFP-I 73.