Mellors & Kirk
Lot 1334
Advertising. An archive of approx. 215 pieces of graphic artwork, predominantly for Imperial Tobacco Limited and their subsidiary John Player & Sons, late 20th c, original finished and working mock-ups for various brands and campaigns, mostly designed by Burrows Bew & Moore Limited of Bristol, some by the Village Design Group, comprising 29 designs in watercolour, gouache, &/or mixed media, including Imperial Tobacco Embassy A4 Window Bill, Embassy Mild, Castella Classic Mild Cigars, and further, cigarette manufacturers and tobacco companies, mixed sizes; others, r Disney showing Mickey Mouse, fifteen pictorial vignettes to represent Caribbean countries and mounted over two sheets, one for Concorde: World of Choice, cars and other transport, Master Video, Lyons Maid ice creams, Manchester United Football Club cards, playing cards and other gambling, a map of the UK, landscapes; 4 colour drawings, one sheet with four designs for British Airways; 1 pastel; 18 printed, photographically-printed, &/or cut-outs, including the Lotus Turbo Esprit, and some of which have hinge-mounted transparencies of annotation or variations; a further 22 mixed media design/prototypes; and Paul Staples, late 20th c - Comic Book Designs, pair, signed, inscribed and numbered to verso: Paul L. Staples Original c/o 862668, watercolour and gouache, 41 x 29cm