Dec 12 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2690 -

Sale 2690 - Lot 55

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ROBERT BENNEY (1904-2001)
Esso oil and the atom.

Illustration for an Esso Oil company calendar, circa 1950. Oil on panel. 345x441 mm; 13⅝x17⅜ inches.

The image is similar to one for the Esso advertising campaign, "Oil and the peaceful atom - a powerful research team" as seen in The Star Magazine, Washington D.C., 1958.