Sale 2524 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, November 14, 2019

2 RARE & IMPORTANT TRAVEL POSTERS DESCRIPTIONS For an explanation of how the posters are described and a guide to the symbols used, please refer to the section “Supplemental advice” which appears at the back of the catalogue. 3 JOHN HOLMWOOD (1910-1987) 2 c FIORDLAND, SOUTHLAND / NEW ZEALAND. 1933. 39 1 / 2 x25 inches, 100 1 / 4 x 63 1 / 2 cm. N.Z. Railways Publicity Branch. Condition A-: small replaced loss in upper right corner; minor repaired tears at edges. Holmwood was a New Zealand artist who began working for the New Zealand Railways Advertising Studio when he was just 14 years old, and continued with them through 1938. During his tenure, he designed a number of posters, most of which were landscapes. He taught art at the Wellington technical school and dedicated most of his time to painting after the Second World War. Here, he depicts an almost impressionistic view of the waterways and landscape of New Zealand’s Fiordland (Southwest of New Zealand’s South Island). Selling the Dream p. 122. [1,000/1,500] JAMES NORTHFIELD (1887-1973) 3 c AUSTRALIA / THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. Circa 1930s. 39 3 / 4 x25 inches, 101x63 1 / 2 cm. F.W. Niven Ltd., Melbourne. Condition B+: replaced upper right corner and image; repaired tears, restored losses, abrasions and overpainting in margins and image. Northfield did work for the Victorian Government Railways and the Australian National Travel Association, in addition to smaller, local advertisers. Northfield p. 49. [1,500/2,000]