WEIMER PURSELL (1906-1974) YMCA HOTEL CHICAGO. 1939. Calendar. 30 1/4x17 3/8 inches, 76 1/2x43 1/2 cm. Condition B+: minor overpainting along repaired tears in margins; creases in margins and image; horizontal fold. Paper. Born in Tennessee, Pursell had no artistic training until the late 1920s when he moved to Chicago and enrolled at the city's prestigious Art Institute. He financed the completion of his studies through his work as a package designer and billboard artist. His successful career as a freelance illustrator in many of the most prestigious American magazines (Life, Redbook, Town & Country, Forbes and Newsweek). He also designed posters for some of the country's largest companies including American Airlines, Winchester Rifles, Coca-Cola and for he 1933 Chicago World's Fairas, well as propaganda posters (most memorably "When you ride Alone you Ride with HItler!"
