Lot 494: LEONARD APPELBEE (1914-2000)Shell Tractor Oil/A Friend to the Farmer.

Name: LEONARD APPELBEE (1914-2000)Shell Tractor Oil/A Friend to the Farmer.
Brand: Poster Auctions International Inc
SKU: haqdktf1jb

Est: $1,000 USD - $1,200 USD

Poster Auctions International IncNew York, NY, USNovember 11, 2007

Item Overview

Description

LEONARD APPELBEE (1914-2000)
Shell Tractor Oil/A Friend to the Farmer.
This campaign promoting Shell tractor oil to farmers made use of birds that would be familiar in rural areas. Appelbee painted several of these, and here we see his pair of great spotted woodpeckers. As in his other images for Shell, we get not only superbly rendered detail in the birds, but a strong composition as well.
Weiner, London

Dimensions

40 x 30 in./101.7 x 76.2 cm

Artist or Maker

Leonard Appelbee

Date

ca 1952

Condition Report

Cond A.

Provenance

Weiner, London

Notes

Weiner, London

Auction Details

XLV Top Posters

Poster Auctions International Inc

November 11, 2007, 11:00 AM EST

601 West 26th Street Suite 1370, New York, NY, 10001, US

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