May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 5,280
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
LESTER BEALL (1903–1969) SLUMS BREED CRIME / UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY. 1941.
39 1/2x29 5/8 inches, 100x76 cm. USA Goverment Printing Office.
Condition A-: crease in lower right corner. Paper.
In 1937, Beall was the first American designer to have a one man show at the Museum of Modern Art, and in the same year was one of the first designers commissioned by the U.S. Government to help promote the Rural Electrification Administration.