Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 129

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

JOHN MANSBRIDGE (1901-1981)

SOUTH. 1935.


40x25 inches, 101½x63½ cm. The Baynard Press, [London].
Condition A-: minor creases in margins; sharp horizontal fold in upper image. Paper.

In the 1920s and 30s, Mansbridge designed a number of posters for the London Underground. He was an official war artist during the Second World War, was Head of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College and portraits of his hang in Britain's National Portrait Gallery.

LTM 1985/97/4, V&A E.14-1936.