Live Auction 6934Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale
Harry Beck (Henry Charles Beck, 1902-1974)
Lot 318

Harry Beck (Henry Charles Beck, 1902-1974)

UNDERGROUND MAP

Closed4 October 2012

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GBP 10,625

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Harry Beck (Henry Charles Beck, 1902-1974)
UNDERGROUND MAP
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, condition B+; backed on linen
39½ x 50in. (100 x 127cm.)

Specialist note

The first diagramatic representation of London's tube map was issued in 1933. Beck abandoned the rules of scale and geometric accuracy to create the iconic and highly influential Underground map.