Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
PERCY TROMPF (1902-1964) AUSTRALIA / IN THE SUN. Circa 1935.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x65 cm. Troedel & Cooper, Melbourne.
Condition A- / B+: minor repaired tears and overpainting in margins, slightly affecting text.
One of Australia's most prolific and most celebrated poster designers, Trompf is attributed with designing "thousands of advertising posters" (Australian Travel Posters p. 29). Known for his "bright, colorful and optimistic images," Trompf also utilized "natural images . . . to beguile both domestic and international tourists to various regions of Australia" (ibid p. 29-30).