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Cape Cod The Charm of the Early American Retained in Cape Cod Resorts Today Original New York, New Haven and Hartford R.R. The New England Steamship Co. Travel Poster

Cape Cod The Charm of the Early American Retained in Cape Cod Resorts Today Original New York, New Haven and Hartford R.R. The New England Steamship Co. Travel Poster

  • ca 1931
  • John Held Jr.
  • 28 x 42 inches ~ (71 x 106 cm)
    $3,200
  • Linen backed

    Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.

    The price of this poster includes linen backing.

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  • Classic John Held Jr. icons of of Massachusetts's Cape Cod Early American scenes including four in hand carriage, traditional Cape Cod house, colonial characters, and sail boats. Rare and beautiful poster.



    Photographed before linen backing.

    John Held, Jr., the King of Jazz Age Illustration was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Life, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook and other popular magazines. One of America's top cartoonists in the 1920s and 1930s, his immediately recognizable iconic figures including flapper girls and guys were a tremendous sensation and came to visually epitomize the roaring 20s. Among his many works was a significant series of travel posters and accompanying brochures/timetables.

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