May 03, 2018 - Sale 2476

Sale 2476 - Lot 205

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
JOSEPH BINDER (1898-1972) ESSENTIAL TO INDUSTRY . . . . VITAL TO DEFENSE. 1952.
17 1/2x14 inches, 44 1/2x35 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; abrasions in image.
Joseph Binder emigrated from Austria to America in the mid 1930s. He had studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under the great Secessionist Alfred Roller, and became one of the most promising modernist graphic designers in Austria. He continued working as a graphic designer in America. Amongst his largest clients were the Red Cross, United Airlines, the Association of American Railroads and the United States Navy, for whom he became art director in 1948. Images of an Era 15 (var), Modern American 42 (var), International Poster Annual 1952 p. 176 (var).