Oct 27, 2016 - Sale 2427

Sale 2427 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PERCIVAL ALBERT (PERCY) TROMPF (1902-1964) AUSTRALIA CALLS YOU / SETTLER, INVESTOR, OR TOURIST. 1928.
39 1/2x24 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x62 1/4 cm. Posters Ltd., Sydney.
Condition A- / B+: repaired tears at edges; creases and abrasions in image.
Trompf, one of Australia's most prolific and celebrated poster designers, began his artistic career designing chocolate boxes and candy wrappers for a Melbourne confectioner. He soon opened his own studio and went on to design hundreds of travel posters.