Original 1939 New York World's Fair Poster Atherton
- 1939
- John Atherton
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20 x 30 inches ~ (50 x 76 cm)$2,150
- 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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A floating goddess holds a globe with the symbols of the 1939 World's Fair, the Trylon, Perisphere, and Geosphere in her arms as patrons enter the fair grounds.
Very rare large size.
Atherton was a graphic designer and a surrealist painter who designed numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune and Holiday magazines. His output of posters was rather small; this poster for the New York World's Fair and at least two World War II posters.
