Lot 140
Sport Cigarettes – Original Artwork for an Advertising Poster – Palestine, 1930s
Original artwork for an advertising poster for Sport Cigarettes. Palestine, [the second half of the 1930s].
Watercolors on thick paper. Unsigned.
The drawing depicts a packet of Sports Cigarettes against the backdrop of a pair of athletes, and beneath it the slogan "The Healthiest Cigarette You Can Smoke".
The poster, in its final version, was printed by the Monsohn Press, and appears in the catalog "A.L. Monsohn Press, 1892-1992", p. 46 (see also Kedem catalog no. 56, lot 271).
44X61 cm. Good condition. Creases. Small tears along edges. Matted and framed.
