May 07, 2015 - Sale 2382

Sale 2382 - Lot 216

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
TOMI UNGERER (1931- ) THE VOICE / [THE MAGICIAN.] 1968.
45x29 1/2 inches, 114 1/4x75 cm. Village Voice Inc., [New York.]
Condition A-: creases in margins and image. Paper.
"Expect the Unexpected" was a campaign Ungerer dreamed up for the New York State Lottery. When the project was turned down for its perceived lack of gravitas, the designs were luckily scooped up by the Village Voice. The posters "appeared in New York subways and were also distributed and sold by the Village Voice" (Ungerer p. 80). Ungerer 141.