Nov 08, 2012 - Sale 2293

Sale 2293 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
PERCY TROMPF (1902-1964) AUSTRALIA / THE TALLEST TREES IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Circa 1935.
39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm.
Condition B / B+: restored losses and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
One of Australia's most prolific and most celebrated poster designers, Trompf is attributed as the designer of "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). This is the larger of two formats. Monash 50.