Vacuum Oil Company Gargoyle Art Deco

£325.00

Original vintage advertising poster for the Vacuum Oil Company featuring a stunning Art Deco style design of a truck and classic car driving in front of industrial buildings with a steam ship at sea below a bi-plane in front of a map of the world as a sun in the background set within a decorative frame border, gargoyles perched on sides and the date 1931 below. Founded in 1866 by the inventors Mathew Erwing (1815-1874) and Hiram Bond Everest (1830-1913), the Vacuum Oil Company produced the Gargoyle steam cylinder motor oil brand; in 1931 the company merged with the Standard Oil Company of New York (founded 1911) to form the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1931-1963), which became Mobil (1963-1999) then ExxonMobil in 1999. Very good condition, minor staining, minor creasing, punched holes at the top, backed on board.

Country

Netherlands

Year

1931

Style

Advertising Posters

Artist

Leo Leon

Size (cm)

44x29