?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
FREDERIC HENRI KAY HENRION (1914-1990) POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK. 29x35 3/4 inches, 73 3/4x90 3/4 cm. J. Howitt & Son Ltd., Nottingham. Condition B+: replaced upper left corner; minor restoration over creases and abrasions at edges, in image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Born in Germany, Henrion went to Paris to study with Paul Colin and there discovered the works of Cassandre as well as the Surrealists, which gave him a taste for collage and photomontage. He moved to London in 1939 and quickly grew to be a prominent graphic designer. During WWII, he used his talents creating posters to support both the British and American war effort. A well-trained photographer, he uses the skill here for the Post Office Savings Bank. Three colorful arrows are superimposed over a battleship to build a dynamic image (suggesting speed, power and firmness of direction) in which the text has been cleverly arranged; it is a textbook example of all the tenets of Modernism.
