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Wesley Raymond De Lappe Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1887 - d. 1952

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Mar. 01, 2018
WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952). MECHANICS' FAIR / SAN FRANCISCO. 1913. 30x20 inches, 76x50 cm. Allied Printing, San Francisco.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952) MECHANICS'' FAIR / SAN FRANCISCO. 1913. 30 1/4x20 inches, 76 3/4x50 3/4 cm. Allied Printing, San Francisco. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins; water stain in upper right margin; minor creases and abrasions in image. Founded in 1854, the Mechanics Institute began hosting yearly fairs in 1857 as a means to provide vocational training to failed gold prospectors returning to the city, while also pulling the city out of an economic slump. For the 1913 fair, de Lappe, a commercial artist, illustrator and caricaturist, chose to feature the Mechanic Monument in his promotional design. The statue, designed by Douglas Tilden, was erected in 1901 and survived the earthquake of 1906. The San Francisco Call on July 28, 1913 describes the poster as follows: "The group [of men on the statue] has been approached by the artist from a southeasterly angle, throwing into bold relief the figures of the old men and of the man with upraised hand, waiting to signal. In the background is the ferry tower on one side and on the other the smoke of factory chimneys, typifying the commerce of the sea and the industrial activities of the community." In spite of the abundance of Mechanics Institutes being set up in cities around the country, this is one of the few events that actually engendered a poster. rare.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 26, 2017
WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952). SOUTHERN PACIFIC / WINTER SPORTS AT TRUCKEE. 1913. 22x15 inches, 58x40 cm.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952) SOUTHERN PACIFIC / WINTER SPORTS AT TRUCKEE. 1913. 22 3/4x15 3/4 inches, 58x40 cm. Condition B: extensive overpainting in margins; repaired tears with tape on verso; minor losses in corners and at edges; sharp horizontal creases in image; tear along crease in lower image. Paper. An early and rare poster for skiing in America. De Lappe was a painter, illustrator and director of the Artist's League, in San Francisco, who garnered attention with his 1913 poster for the San Francisco Mechanics Fair. He "came from Santa Rosa to San Francisco and opened offices [in 1906]. His rise in his profession was rapid, his railroad and summer resort posters receiving high commendation, not only in this state, but throughout the east" ( San Francisco Call, August 15, 1913, p. 2).
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 27, 2016
WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952). MECHANICS' FAIR / SAN FRANCISCO. 1913. 30x20 inches, 76x50 cm. Allied Printing, San Francisco.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952) MECHANICS' FAIR / SAN FRANCISCO. 1913. 30 1/4x20 inches, 76 3/4x50 3/4 cm. Allied Printing, San Francisco. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins; water stain in upper right margin; minor creases and abrasions in image. Founded in 1854 as a means to both provide vocational training to failed gold prospectors returning to the city, and to help the city itself become more independent and pull itself out of an economic slump, the Mechanics Institute began hosting yearly fairs in 1857. For the 1913 fair, De Lappe, acommercial artist, illustrator and caricaturist, chose to feature the Mechanic Monument in his promotional design. The statue, designed by Douglas Tilden, was erected in 1901 and survived the earthquake in 1906. The San Francisco Call, on July 28, 1913, describes the poster as follows: "Thegroup [of men on the statue] has been approached by the artist from a southeasterly angle, throwing into bold relief the figures of the old men and of the man with upraised hand, waiting to signal. In the background is the ferry tower on one side and on the other the smoke of factory chimneys, typifying the commerce of the sea and the industrial activities of the community.' In spite of the abundance of Mechanics Institutes being set up in cities around the country, this is one of the few events that actually engendered a poster. rare.
Swann Auction Galleries

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