Image of a male and a female gorilla standing threateningly in an abstract jungle landscape; date sheet for a July 11, [1941], show in Hartford, Connecticut, pasted below image. Probable artists and date supplied by cataloger based on reference in "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bel Geddes" by Chris Berry, in Bandwagon, (Nov-Dec 2010), pages 55-59: "several posters created in 1941 with the initials "G.H." were actually designed by prominent architect George Howe (1886-1995), who became a partner of Normal Bel Geddes and Co. in 1941." John Ringling North commissioned the Norman Bel Geddes studio to design posters for the circus in 1941. Local copy does not have the monogram of the Norman Bel Geddes studio. "G.H."--text, artist's initials in plate, lower left of image. "Litho in U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin. "Hartford / Afternoon and Night / Friday July 11 / World's largest tent - now 100% air-conditioned"--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 92.71 x 107 cm (36 1/2 x 42 1/8 in.)
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Advertising--Circus Circus--United States Circus animals--Pictorial works Gargantua (Gorilla)--Pictorial works Gorilla--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1940-1950. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Circus The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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