May 13, 2021 - Sale 2568

Sale 2568 - Lot 267

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

LADISLAV SUTNAR (1897-1976)

TRANSPORT NEXT HALF CENTURY. Book. 1950.


8 3/4x11 inches, 22 1/4x28 cm. Canterbury Printing Company, New York.
Condition B+: discoloration on cover.

Red, blue and black designs of Sutnar's visionary projections on the transportation of the future: cars, helicopters, airplanes and even airports. Printed and designed to impress upon the consumer that "striking design and good illustration will assure attention for your message . . . fine printing makes good design sing on paper . . . together they reflect the high standards of your company" (from the rear end-paper). The book also contains a foreword, "Man on Earth," by Buckminster Fuller, written especially for this publication. Sutnar b/12.