Aug 07, 2002 - Sale 1941

Sale 1941 - Lot 429

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JORMA SUHONEN VISIT FINLAND \ HELSINKI. 1952.
40x24 1/2 inches. F. Tilgmann, Finland.
Condition A.
When the Olympics came to Helsinki in 1952, tourism agencies took advantage of the games to promote the city. Here in a poster sponsored by the Finnish State Railways a stylish woman in brown is enjoying champagne as she overlooks the Parliament building and the National Museum of Finalnd in the background; beneath a yellow sky, lettering in red and black.