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Auction archive: Lot number 328

LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) NOW I'M

Graphic Design
13 May 2021
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 328

LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) NOW I'M

Graphic Design
13 May 2021
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) NOW I'M SATISFIED / RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION. Circa 1939. 40x30 inches, 101 1/2x76 1/4 cm. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Condition B / B+: small replaced losses, repaired tears and creases at edges; creases and scuffing in margins and image. Partial silkscreen. Mounted on Japan. "Beall's first REA poster series emphasized electricity's role in meeting basic human needs . . . [but] showed no people. The second poster series, however, showed technology's impact on actual users, a tendency towards realism that Beall reinforced by incorporating photography" (Resnick p. 58). This impressive photomontage depicts an elderly woman, sitting comfortably in her rocking chair, sewing by the electric light cast from her table lamp. This is from the 2nd series. Beall 110.

Auction archive: Lot number 328
Auction:
Datum:
13 May 2021
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:

LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) NOW I'M SATISFIED / RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION. Circa 1939. 40x30 inches, 101 1/2x76 1/4 cm. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Condition B / B+: small replaced losses, repaired tears and creases at edges; creases and scuffing in margins and image. Partial silkscreen. Mounted on Japan. "Beall's first REA poster series emphasized electricity's role in meeting basic human needs . . . [but] showed no people. The second poster series, however, showed technology's impact on actual users, a tendency towards realism that Beall reinforced by incorporating photography" (Resnick p. 58). This impressive photomontage depicts an elderly woman, sitting comfortably in her rocking chair, sewing by the electric light cast from her table lamp. This is from the 2nd series. Beall 110.

Auction archive: Lot number 328
Auction:
Datum:
13 May 2021
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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