Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 150

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

JOSEPH BINDER (1898-1972)

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. 1939.

30½x20 inches, 77½x50¾ cm. Grinnell Litho. Co., Inc., New York.
Condition A- / A: minor repaired tears and creases at top and side margins. Framed.

A strong Art Deco and Modernist design for the New York World's Fair, featuring "a visual epitomization" of the Trylon and Perisphere rising over a train, ship and the silhouette of New York City (World of Tomorrow p. 218). This design was awarded first prize in the poster competition for the fair in 1938. Joseph Binder studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under the great Secessionist, Alfred Roller. He immigrated to America in the mid-1930s, where he created campaigns for United Airlines and the American Red Cross. He designed covers for Fortune and Graphis magazines, and in 1948, was appointed Art Director and Designer for the U.S. Navy. This is the larger format.

World of Tomorrow p. 219, Weill 427, Resnick 31, The Poster 304, Affiche Art Deco p. 116, Crouse p. 108, Century of Posters p. 309.
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