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Walter Biggs (1886-1968)
Lot 140Property from an East Coast Private Collection

Walter Biggs (1886-1968)

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Walter Biggs (1886-1968)
Advertisement for International Silver Co.
oil on canvas
32 x 32 in. (81.3 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1925.

International Silver Co.
Illustration House, New York, 7 October 1989, lot 117.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present work was awarded the Art Directors Club's First Award Medal at their 1925 exhibition of advertising art. The painting was commissioned by International Silver Co. for Roger Bros. silverplate through the advertising firm N.W. Ayer & Son of Philadelphia.

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