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Auction archive: Lot number 83

World War II, Smash Japanese Aggression! Series of Three Posters

Estimate
US$300 - US$600
Price realised:
US$313
Auction archive: Lot number 83

World War II, Smash Japanese Aggression! Series of Three Posters

Estimate
US$300 - US$600
Price realised:
US$313
Beschreibung:

Nockolds, Roy (1911-1979). Poster, image 17.75 x 21.5 in. (19 x 29.25 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Bradford, England: Field Sons & Co. Ltd., n.d., ca 1942. Signed in print by Nockolds, lower right. Depicts an attack by three British Bristol Blenheim aircraft on Japanese flying-boats, which are aflame and sinking amid smoke rising into the sky. Passengers struggle to swim and board an upturned lifeboat in the foreground. Caption below image reads, "Thirteen Japanese flying-boats were smashed in a heavy Royal Air Force raid on the harbour of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso. Nockolds, Roy (1911-1979). Poster, image 18.25 x 22.25 in. (20 x 30 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Nottingham, England: Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd., 1942. Signed and dated in print by Nockolds, lower right. Depicts an attack by four British Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft on a Japanese runway, two of which are aflame. Smoke and bombs are visible against the orange glow of the sky, and surviving Japanese soldiers can be seen running from the explosions in the foreground. Caption below image reads, "Royal Air Force bombers bombed many Japanese aircraft in a devastating raid on the enemy aerodrome at Moulmein." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso. Unknown. Poster, image 17.375 x 21.375 in. (19 x 29 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Bradford, England: Field Sons & Co. Ltd., n.d., ca 1944. Depicts an attack on Japanese ships, both of which are shown sinking as smoke billows into the atmosphere and men swim and clamor to board lifeboats (one of which is upturned in the foreground) among the wreckage. Caption below image reads, "A British submarine torpedoed two large Japanese supply ships in the Malacca Straits." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso. Condition: Minimal wear and tear, including some creasing at corners and horizontal and vertical centers (though most are light) where posters were folded. Few small rips/tears to edges.

Auction archive: Lot number 83
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Nockolds, Roy (1911-1979). Poster, image 17.75 x 21.5 in. (19 x 29.25 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Bradford, England: Field Sons & Co. Ltd., n.d., ca 1942. Signed in print by Nockolds, lower right. Depicts an attack by three British Bristol Blenheim aircraft on Japanese flying-boats, which are aflame and sinking amid smoke rising into the sky. Passengers struggle to swim and board an upturned lifeboat in the foreground. Caption below image reads, "Thirteen Japanese flying-boats were smashed in a heavy Royal Air Force raid on the harbour of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso. Nockolds, Roy (1911-1979). Poster, image 18.25 x 22.25 in. (20 x 30 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Nottingham, England: Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd., 1942. Signed and dated in print by Nockolds, lower right. Depicts an attack by four British Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft on a Japanese runway, two of which are aflame. Smoke and bombs are visible against the orange glow of the sky, and surviving Japanese soldiers can be seen running from the explosions in the foreground. Caption below image reads, "Royal Air Force bombers bombed many Japanese aircraft in a devastating raid on the enemy aerodrome at Moulmein." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso. Unknown. Poster, image 17.375 x 21.375 in. (19 x 29 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Bradford, England: Field Sons & Co. Ltd., n.d., ca 1944. Depicts an attack on Japanese ships, both of which are shown sinking as smoke billows into the atmosphere and men swim and clamor to board lifeboats (one of which is upturned in the foreground) among the wreckage. Caption below image reads, "A British submarine torpedoed two large Japanese supply ships in the Malacca Straits." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso. Condition: Minimal wear and tear, including some creasing at corners and horizontal and vertical centers (though most are light) where posters were folded. Few small rips/tears to edges.

Auction archive: Lot number 83
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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