Sep 26 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2679 -

Sale 2679 - Lot 198

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

PETER TEUBNER (1935-?)


Harlem / New York 125th Street / Apollo. 1968.
Offset lithograph poster. 115x74¼ cm, 45¼x29½ inches; Seaward-Edison Corporation, [New York].

One in a series of images called "Aspects of New York City," designed on behalf of the Container Corporation of America. "In a clever integration of the letter H, Peter Teubner captures the liveliness of Harlem's 125th Street in fluorescent pink, including the neon marquee of the Apollo Theater and an electric symphony of traffic and streetlights" (New York p. 214).

Images of an Era 99, Modern American 130, MoMA 494.1978, New York p. 214.Condition B+: restoration along lower left edge and corner; replaced top corners; minor repaired tears and abrasions at edges.