?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE NEW CHEVROLET / THE ONLY CAR BUILT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. 1933. 36x24 inches, 91 1/2x61 cm. Condition A- / B+: repaired tear in bottom left corner; archival tape on verso; minor staining and foxing in margins; minor creases and abrasions in margins and image; pin holes in margins and corners. The General Motors building at the Century of Progress (Chicago World's Fair) was designed by Albert Kahn. The massive structure was an eighth of a mile long and 306 feet wide. Inside, visitors could watch the "Making of a Motor Car" exhibit, in which 200 workers on an actual assembly line were putting cars together that were ultimately were sold from the pavilion.
