Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 62

Unsold
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

TOM PURVIS (1888-1959)

CRUDEN BAY. Circa 1925.


39x49 1/2 inches, 99x125 3/4 cm. The Dangerfield Printing Co., London.
Condition B / B-: extensive repaired tears, sharp creases and abrasions in image and text; small losses in corners and image; staining, minor rippling and flaking in image. Mounted on Chartex.

Purvis' posters for the LNER run the gamut from traditional landscapes to people engaged in various activities. In the style of the Beggarstaff Brothers, "he formed his figures solely from masses of color, without outline" (Weill p. 228). His use of "flat primary colors and the elimination of detail" (Railway p. 135) was his graphic calling-card for which he was most emulated. This is one of two horizontal format golf posters Purvis designed for this Scottish golf destination. Rare. Furness Vol. 1, p. 189.