Nov 12, 2007 - Sale 2128

Sale 2128 - Lot 131

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
WEIMER PURSELL (1906-1974) CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. 1933.
40 5/8x27 inches. Neely Printing Co.
Condition B+ / A-: minor repaired tears in margins affecting the image; minor wrinkles and abrasions in image; restored losses in upper margin.
The most dramatic of Pursell's Chicago World's Fair posters, depicting the three towers of the Federal Building (representing the branches of government) jutting up into the text. In the two years it was open 39,000,000 visitors came to the fair. Resnick 16.