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LOT 2113
Large Original Railway Poster - Old Country Towns by Gregory Brown
CIRCA 1938 A.D.
52 3/4 x 42 5/8 in. (931 grams, 134 x 108.5 cm).
Large paper advertising poster in five tones depicting a country town with a mix of weatherboard, brick-built and Georgian shops and buildings, figures and horses; to bottom left 'Gregory Brown / 38'; title 'Old Country Towns in Southern England' over 'via Southampton Docks or the short sea routes of the Southern Railway'; bottom right 'Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow and Sons, London and Dunstable'; linen backed.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
F. Gregory Brown was a commercial artist who inspired a generation of designers and helped to improve the quality of pre-war advertising in Britain. 'Old Country Towns' was one of Brown’s last works, printed just before his death aged 54 in 1941.
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LOT 2113
Large Original Railway Poster - Old Country Towns by Gregory Brown
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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