Aug 01, 2007 - Sale 2120

Sale 2120 - Lot 383

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
SHAWL, NYELAND & SEAVEY 1939 WORLD'S FAIR ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 1937.
21x14 1/2 inches. (53 x 37 cm.) Schmidt Litho Co., San Francisco.
Condition B+: minor losses and creases at edges; abrasions in image. Paper.
Rising out of San Francisco Bay, Treasure Island and the Incan-inspired "Tower of the Sun," are flanked by the Golden Gate and the San Francisco Bay bridges. Site of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition, the man-made island was one of three government-funded building projects celebrated by the fair, the other two being the construction of both bridges. From the beginning, the island and exhibition halls were slated to be an airport at the conclusion of the fair, and were leased by the government at the beginning of World War II. Louis Shawl was the first artist to serve on the board of directors of San Francisco's Advertising Club, and later became president of the San Francisco Art Directors Club.