JOHN HELD, JR. (1889-1958) IT'S VACATION TIME IN THE BERKSHIRES. 1926.
41 1/2x28 inches, 105 1/2x71 cm. The De Vinne-Hallenbeck Co. Inc, New York.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses, overpainting and creases in margins and image.
John Held, Jr., a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Life, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook and other popular magazines, was one of America's top cartoonists in the 1920s and 1930s. His immediately recognizable flapper girls were a tremendous sensation and came to visually epitomize the roaring 20s. "John Held Jr. produced the artwork that was used on the covers of a large series of travel brochures published by the New Haven Railroad during the 1920s and 1930s. Each brochure had a corresponding 27" x 42" poster which had the exact same artwork" (http://www.nhrhta.org/htdocs/images0801.htm). rare. We could find no other copy of this poster at auction.