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Illustrator, Comiczeichner, b. 1899 - d. 1963

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    • Ervine Metzl (1899-1963). THE PERISTYLE / NORTH END GRANT PARK / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1921.
      Oct. 15, 2020

      Ervine Metzl (1899-1963). THE PERISTYLE / NORTH END GRANT PARK / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1921.

      Est: $6,000 - $9,000

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963) THE PERISTYLE / NORTH END GRANT PARK / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1921. 40 1/4x27 1/2 inches, 102 1/4x69 3/4 cm. Condition B: large replaced loss and overpainting in upper image and margin; replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Influenced by the cut-out style of Britain's Beggarstaff Brothers, Metzl's posters stood out from those of other young graphic designers working for the Chicago rapid transit and train campaigns. He went on to become a prolific illustrator and author of a 1963 book The Poster. He was also appointed head of the first Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, established to advise the Postmaster General on improving the design and colors of American stamps. H.K. Frenzel, writing in Gebrauchsgraphik on August 1, 1930 says, "there is also a solemn romanticism in his treatment of color. He is fond of an indefinite bluish-green and warm, broken tones of brown which remove real objects into regions of romance and the blue-gray twilight hour." Chicago's original peristyle, designed by Edward H. Bennet, sat at the north end of Grant Park (what is today Wrigley Square). It was razed in 1953. Rare. Posters and their Designers p. 95, V&A E.640-1923.

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    • ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). EVANSTON LIGHTHOUSE / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1923. 41x28 inches, 106x71 cm. Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago.
      Nov. 14, 2019

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). EVANSTON LIGHTHOUSE / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1923. 41x28 inches, 106x71 cm. Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago.

      Est: $6,000 - $9,000

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963) EVANSTON LIGHTHOUSE / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1923. 41 3/4x28 inches, 106x71 cm. Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago. Condition A-: minor restoration along printer's creases in image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Influenced by the cut-out style of Britain's Beggarstaff Brothers, Metzl's posters stood out from those of other young graphic designers working for the Chicago rapid transit and train campaigns. He went on to become a prolific illustrator and author of a 1963 book The Poster. He was also appointed head of the first Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, established to advise the Postmaster General on improving the design and colors of American stamps. Built in 1873, the Gross Point Lighthouse in northern Evanston marked dangerous, shallow waters to those approaching Chicago on Lake Michigan. rare.

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    • ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). BY THE NORTH SHORE LINE. 1923. 41x27 inches, 104x69 cm. Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago.
      Oct. 26, 2017

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). BY THE NORTH SHORE LINE. 1923. 41x27 inches, 104x69 cm. Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago.

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963) BY THE NORTH SHORE LINE. 1923. 41 1/4x27 1/4 inches, 104 3/4x69 1/4 cm. Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago. Condition B: extensive restored and replaced losses in margins; repaired tears, restored losses, creases and overpainting in margins and image. In the 1920s, the Chicago train companies, including the North Shore Line, the South Shore Line and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, "commissioned the city's finest graphic designers to produce advertising posters that encouraged Chicagoans to use rapid transit for more than commuting to work" (www.Chicago-L.org). Although approximately 160 such posters were designed between 1921 and 1929, they are extremely scarce today and seldom come to market. Metzl's work, which bears the influence of the cut-out style of the Beggarstaff Brothers, stood out from the crowd of other young, talented graphic designers involved with this campaign. He designed four posters for the Chicago Rapid Transit and this one for the North Shore Line Railroad. He went on to become an illustrator, designing two covers for Fortune magazine, and authoring the 1963 book The Poster. He was also appointed the Head of the first Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee, established to advise the Postmaster General on improving the design and colors of American stamps, some of which he designed himself. The posters Metzl designed for Chicago transit companies are among the most innovative and graphically sophisticated that were produced in America at that time; the appeal of their clean lines and simple forms endured throughout the subsequent decades. rare. We have found no other copy at auction.

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    • ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). EVANSTON LIGHTHOUSE / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1923. 42x28 inches, 106x71 cm. Illlinois Litho. Co., Chicago.
      Nov. 08, 2012

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). EVANSTON LIGHTHOUSE / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1923. 42x28 inches, 106x71 cm. Illlinois Litho. Co., Chicago.

      Est: $3,000 - $4,000

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963) EVANSTON LIGHTHOUSE / BY THE ELEVATED LINES. 1923. 42x28 inches, 106 3/4x71 cm. Illlinois Litho. Co., Chicago. Condition B+: minor restored losses and restoration along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; minor creases and restoration in image. Metzl's posters, influenced by the cut-out style of Britain's Beggarstaff Brothers, stood out from those of other young graphic designers working for the Chicago rapid transit and train campaigns. He went on to become a prolific illustrator and author of a 1963 book The Poster. He was also appointed head of the first Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee, established to advise the Postmaster General on improving the design and colors of American stamps. Built in 1873, the Gross Point Lighthouse in northern Evanston marked dangerous, shallow waters to those approaching Chicago on Lake Michigan.

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    • ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). CHICAGO. 1924. 41x27 inches, 105x70 cm. Edwards & Deutsch & Co., Chicago.
      Nov. 11, 2011

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963). CHICAGO. 1924. 41x27 inches, 105x70 cm. Edwards & Deutsch & Co., Chicago.

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      ERVINE METZL (1899-1963) CHICAGO. 1924. 41 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 105 1/2x70 cm. Edwards & Deutsch & Co., Chicago. Condition B / B+: repaired tears, restoration, restored losses and overpainting in margins; horizontal folds. In the 1920s, the Chicago Rapid Transit Company began a prominent poster campaign to lure riders to use their trains for more than just commuting to work. Although approximately 160 such posters were designed between 1921 and 1929, they are extremely scarce today and seldom come on the market. Metzl's work, which bears the influence of the cut-out style of the Beggarstaff Brothers, stood out from the crowd of other young, talented graphic designers involved with this campaign. He designed four posters for the Chicago Rapid Transit and one for the North Shore Line Railroad. He went on to become a prolific illustrator, the author of a 1963 book about posters, The Poster. He was also appointed head of the first Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee, established to advise the Postmaster General on improving the design and colors on American stamps. Metzl p. 157.

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