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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
OSCAR RABE HANSON (1901-1926) ELECTRICITY / CONQUEROR OF DARKNESS / PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. Circa 1925. 81 3/4x42 1/4 inches, 207 1/2x107 1/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration in image and along vertical and horizonal folds. Two-sheets. In addition to his posters for the North Shore Line, Hanson also designed posters for the South Shore Line and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, illustrating destinations one could reach by elevated train and subway. He is credited with designing 29 posters between 1923 and his death at an early age a few years later. His compositions and graphic style set him among the best of American designers from the period.
