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Walter Till (1880-1930)
Starting Bid: €750
Estimate:
€800 - €1,200
Ended
Timed Auction
Online Summer Art Sale
ARTIST
Walter Till (1880-1930)
Size
20 by 30in. (50.8 by 76.2cm)
Description
Title: THE FISHERMAN'S PARADISE, circa 1925
Note: In the 1920s Walter Till exhibited a total of 20 works with the Dublin Sketching Club and once at the RHA from an address in Dame Street. He is also known to have submitted designs for the first postage stamps to be issued by the Irish Free State in 1922. Walter Till designed several posters for the Great Southern Railway Ireland. The present work was for one of these posters, entitled "The Fisherman's Paradise" (see illustration) - a German version of the poster is also known.
Frame size: 22 by 32in. (56 by 81cm.)
Note: In the 1920s Walter Till exhibited a total of 20 works with the Dublin Sketching Club and once at the RHA from an address in Dame Street. He is also known to have submitted designs for the first postage stamps to be issued by the Irish Free State in 1922. Walter Till designed several posters for the Great Southern Railway Ireland. The present work was for one of these posters, entitled "The Fisherman's Paradise" (see illustration) - a German version of the poster is also known.
Frame size: 22 by 32in. (56 by 81cm.)
Condition
Water damage and two inch repaired tear at top left, toned at edges, otherwise very good.
Medium
watercolour
Signature
signed and dated [20]
