?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
NORMAN WILKINSON (1882-1971) GOLF IN NORTHERN IRELAND. Circa 1925. 39 1/4x49 inches. S. C. Allen, London Condition B+: restored loss in lower right corner and top margin neither affecting image; repaired tears through margins, affecting image; restoration in lower margin. Wilkinson was a prolific poster artist for the British railway companies in the 1920s and 30s, and a renowned marine painter. He "was commissioned to produce a series of posters illustrating the many different sports and pastimes that could be enjoyed with the area covered by the LMS." "Situated on the beautiful North Antrim Causeway coast, Royal Portrush Golf Club occupies a triangle of giant sandhills which present magnificent views in all directions. The hills of Donegal in the west, the Isle of Islay and Southern Hebrides in the north, with the Giant's Causeway and the Skerries in the east. The course is overlooked by the ruins of 13th century Dunluce Castle and this gives its name to Royal Portrush's famous Dunluce course." (http://www.royalportrush.com). This poster has not come up for sale at public auction since 1989.Railway p. 104.
