Description: FOR SALE IS AN ORIGINAL RARE 1940'S RINGLING BROTHERS BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER. THIS IS THE ICONIC "SNARLING LEOPARD HEAD" (circa 1941) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PRINTED BY THE FORMER ERIE LITHOGRAPH COMPANY. STUNNING COLORS AND EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION. HIGHLY PRIZED BY COLLECTORS ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE RINGLING BROTHERS BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS FOLDED UP ITS TENTS FOR THE LAST TIME IN 2017. THIS ORIGINAL POSTER WAS AMONG THE FIRST OF THE POSTERS WHICH JOHN RINGLING NORTH COMMISSIONED NORMAN BEL GEDDES STUDIO TO PRODUCE. BEL GEDDES'S STUDIO OFFICE WAS LOCATED IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER AND HE WAS KNOWN AS A PIONEER OF MODERNIST INDUSTRIALIST DESIGN. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ACHIEVEMENTS WAS THE FUTURAMA AT THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. THE PROBABLE ACTUAL DESIGNER/ARTIST OF THIS POSTER WAS GEORGE HOWE, A PROMINENT ARCHITECT WHO BECAME A PARTNER AT THE BEL GEDDES STUDIO IN 1941. POSTER MEASURES 28"X42" AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. SEE PHOTOS. IT WILL BE SHIPPED ROLLED IN A PROTECTIVE TUBE. PURCHASE WITH CONFIDENCE
Price: 800 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2025-02-14T17:17:44.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 1940s
Theme: Circus & Carnival
