Full size not seen offered for sale. Similar works offered for US $10,000- $ 40,000
in auction. "The design for the 'A trip to Chinatown' musical comedy,
was an asymmetrically place silhouette, consisting of a combination of light and
dark tones against a middle-toned orange. The use of scissors (in the printing)
is more obvious in the outline of the chinaman figure than it is in the figure
of Hamlet (see PL. 107)…The influence of Japanese
prints on Pryde and Nicholson can be seen mainly in the pure, flat colours of
the design. The rectangular panel in the upper right corner recalls similar panels
in Japanese woodcuts…A chocolate-coloured border bearing the title of the
musical comedy was added to the Beggarstaff design (the inner panel) by the printer
after the design left the artists' studio" (Beggarstaff,
p.38) The Chinese style lettering, absolutely perfect for the title
itself, gives the poster an enchanting whimsical tone, which contrasts extremely
well with the brilliantly stylized 'chinaman' character. It has been written that
the poster was left unsigned because Nicholson and Pryde disliked this lettering,
which was added by the printer. |
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