Title: Lavishly illustrated promotional booklet for Canadian world cruise Author: Richard Allen Fish, artist Place: Various plates Publisher: Various publishers Date: 1925-1927 Description: Canadian Pacific Cruise, Round the World & Mediterranean, 1925-1926. 8 x 10 inches, 64pp. “Persia – Oriental Rug Weavers”, front cover illustration by Fish for Henry Ford’s Dearborn Independent, April 20, 1927. Complete issue in original wrappers. 8.75 x 11.75 inches, 32pp. The Canadian cruise promotional booklet was illustrated by Fish in striking colors and a masterful Art Deco-impressionist style, with his art work on front and rear covers and on every page, visually portraying the various ports of call of the round-the-world cruise, from Monaco and Naples to Algeria, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, India, Java, Singapore, Manila, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii (represented by a surfer in motion) and Havana. Very little is known about the artist, a 27 year-old from Chicago who worked in Detroit and later, New York; the Ford magazine noted only that he had “toured the world in search of the rare and picturesque.” Lot Amendments Condition: Very good. Item number: 247765
Title: Lavishly illustrated promotional booklet for Canadian world cruise Author: Richard Allen Fish, artist Place: Various plates Publisher: Various publishers Date: 1925-1927 Description: Canadian Pacific Cruise, Round the World & Mediterranean, 1925-1926. 8 x 10 inches, 64pp. “Persia – Oriental Rug Weavers”, front cover illustration by Fish for Henry Ford’s Dearborn Independent, April 20, 1927. Complete issue in original wrappers. 8.75 x 11.75 inches, 32pp. The Canadian cruise promotional booklet was illustrated by Fish in striking colors and a masterful Art Deco-impressionist style, with his art work on front and rear covers and on every page, visually portraying the various ports of call of the round-the-world cruise, from Monaco and Naples to Algeria, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, India, Java, Singapore, Manila, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii (represented by a surfer in motion) and Havana. Very little is known about the artist, a 27 year-old from Chicago who worked in Detroit and later, New York; the Ford magazine noted only that he had “toured the world in search of the rare and picturesque.” Lot Amendments Condition: Very good. Item number: 247765
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