?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
TOM ECKERSLEY (1914-1997) & ERIC LOMBERS (1914-1978) YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL / SCIENTISTS PREFER SHELL. 1936. 29 1/4x44 1/4 inches, 74 1/4x112 1/2 cm. Condition A-: minor creases and restoration in margins; minor restored losses in right margin. Framed. "Eckersley enjoyed a long and distinguished career in graphic design. Eckersley designed his first posters in 1935 and continued until 1995 . . . [He] attended Salford School of Art from 1930 to 1934 where he met Eric Lombers. The two began to design posters together . . . and quickly established themselves as poster designers in London. From 1935 onwards, they received a steady flow of commissions from major patrons of poster art" (Modern British Posters p. 101). Modern British Posters p. 62.
