Nov 15, 2010 - Sale 2230

Sale 2230 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JORMA SUHONEN (1911-1987) VISIT FINLAND / HELSINKI. 1939.
40x24 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x61 1/2 cm. F. Tilgmann O.Y.
Condition A: minor restoration at edges.
Fully expecting to host the Olympic Games in 1940, the Finnish Olympic advertising machine was in full gear. However, this image, depicting Helsinki's Parliament House and exhibiting the Olympic rings, was not an official Olympic poster. It was produced by the Finnish Railways and is accomplished in Suhonen's inimitable airbrush style. English version. Finland 102 (var).