Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PERCY TROMPF (1902-1964) WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Circa 1936.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Troedel & Cooper, Melbourne.
Condition B / B+: restored losses at edges, affecting image; wrinkles, restoration and repaired tears at edges.
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). Trading Places 29.