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Auction archive: Lot number 176

ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) A.T.S. 1942. 28

Graphic Design
19 May 2022
Estimate
US$500 - US$750
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 176

ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) A.T.S. 1942. 28

Graphic Design
19 May 2022
Estimate
US$500 - US$750
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) A.T.S. 1942. 28 1/4x19 inches, 71 3/4x48 1/4 cm. James Haworth & Brother Ltd, London. Condition A-: minor abrasions and restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds. Born in Whitechapel, London, Abram Games became one of Britain's foremost graphic artists. Largely self-taught, Games opened his studio in 1936 and before the war, was already designing posters for major clients such as Shell, The London Transport and The National Post-Office. In 1942, he was appointed the "Official War Poster Designer" at the War Office, in which capacity he created more than 100 posters, and became the key person for British war communication. This image followed Games' controversial 1941 poster for the ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service], which featured a "blonde bombshell" - an image considered to racy to be used on that original poster. Not in Games.

Auction archive: Lot number 176
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2022
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996) A.T.S. 1942. 28 1/4x19 inches, 71 3/4x48 1/4 cm. James Haworth & Brother Ltd, London. Condition A-: minor abrasions and restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds. Born in Whitechapel, London, Abram Games became one of Britain's foremost graphic artists. Largely self-taught, Games opened his studio in 1936 and before the war, was already designing posters for major clients such as Shell, The London Transport and The National Post-Office. In 1942, he was appointed the "Official War Poster Designer" at the War Office, in which capacity he created more than 100 posters, and became the key person for British war communication. This image followed Games' controversial 1941 poster for the ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service], which featured a "blonde bombshell" - an image considered to racy to be used on that original poster. Not in Games.

Auction archive: Lot number 176
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2022
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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