Nov 15, 2004 - Sale 2023

Sale 2023 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 4,830
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WEIMER PURSELL CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. 1933.
411/2x271/2 inches. Neely Printing Company, Chicago.
Condition B+: tears and creases in margins; creases in image. Paper.
Pursell designed several posters for the Chicago World's Fair. This of the Hall of Science and another depicting Federal Hall are the two most famous. The bright colors in Pursell's design may well have been representative of the neon lights that lit up the fairgrounds at night.