?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
TOM PURVIS (1888-1959) CANADIAN PACIFIC / HAPPY CRUISES. 1937. 40x24 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x62 cm. S.C. Allen & Company Ltd., London. Condition A-: restoration at edges; repaired tear through right margin into image. In England, Purvis' posters ran the gamut from traditional landscapes, to people engaged in a variety of activities. His use of "flat primary colors and the elimination of detail" (Railway p. 135) was his graphic calling card and what he is most appreciated and best remembered for. In the style of the Beggarstaff Brothers, "he formed his figures solely from masses of color, without outline" (Weill p. 228). Canadian Pacific 73 (var), Poster Progress p. 73 (var), Choko p. 76 (var).
