Auction: March 21, 2021

Lot #194: Columbian Exposition and Chicago Print Assortment

Including a lithographic exhibition poster (after) Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983), printed signature lower right, matted and framed without glass; an engraving (after) Theodore Davis (American, 1840-1894) "A Birdseye View of Chicago as it was Before the Great Fire" 1871, unsigned, pulled from Harper's Weekly, matted and framed under glass; an assortment of unframed prints and photographs of architectural subjects, mainly of Chicago and relating to the World's Fair exposition; together with (2) copper-faced printing plates depicting architect William Le Baron Jenney and his Home Insurance Building; a can and an ashtray from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair; a 1930s brochure for "I'm no Angel" starring Mae West; and (2) lithograph book illustrations (after) William Gropper (American, 1897-1977), printed signatures lower left and right, unframed