eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2w223 MATHER & COMPANY linen 36x43 motivational poster 1929 Elmes art of peacock who merely struts! Date Sold 6/16/2011Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Special Motivational Poster (measures 36" x 43") (Learn More) Mather and Company was a printer located in Chicago, Illinois which is best-known for producing Mather Motivational workplace posters in the 1920s. They were inspired by the U.S. government's poster campaign during World War I (WWI), and the 1920s desire for enhancing efficiency in the workplace. At some point in the early to mid 1920s, Charles Mather, the owner of Mather and Company, started producing these "motivational" posters, which encouraged discipline, loyalty, honesty, productivity and featured great artwork by a number of different artists hired by Mather. Unfortunately, the Stock Market Crash in 1929 caused businesses to greatly economize, and Mather stopped producing the motivational posters and they tried to stay in business by also making non-motivational posters, but they could not survive. But the ones that they did create often contained wonderful art and messages! Artist: Willard Frederic Elmes Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had some creases, scuffs, and tears scattered throughout. Someone put some restoration paint on some of those areas, but the paint has turned bright white and is noticeable. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. After the poster was backed, someone stapled it to a wall, and they put staples in the blank borders of the poster itself! If I owned this really cool poster, I would surely have it removed from the linen and properly re-backed. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly re-restored! Learn More about condition grades
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