LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) S.S. AMERICA / UNITED STATES LINES. Circa 1952. 30x22 inches, 76 1/4x56 cm. Condition A: minor creases in margins and image; metal strips affixed to top and bottom and hook on verso for hanging. Paper. In 1937, Beall was the first American designer to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art. He designed at least 6 posters for the United States Lines, each with a crisp, efficient, modern graphic treatment, and realized with a contemporary dynamic vision.
