Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
LOUIS MACOUILLARD (1913-1987) AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. Circa 1950.
40 1/4x28 inches, 102 1/4x71 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tear through top margin into image; discoloration around edges, minor staining in image. Silkscreen.
A San Francisco native, Macouillard was an accomplished artist, having studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts and the Art Students League of New York. He became Art Director of the Velvetone Poster Company in San Francisco and designed two stamps for the United States Postal Service. Primarily a watercolorist, he also did work for the Matson Line, including posters and menu covers.