Lot Essay
Similar in subject to "Prometheus" (see lot ---), this design was adapted and proposed for the cover design of the 1931-32 Manhattan telephone directory for the New York Telephone Company.
Details
KENT, ROCKWELL. Manhattan Prometheus. 1931. Lithograph on wove gray paper. 278 x 217 mm. (11 x 8½ in.). Burne Jones 79 ("An unpublished print. Possibly six proofs were printed, three of which were discovered after the artist's death.").