Max Walter Furniture Design Illustrations for W. & J. Sloane

Item Details

Untitled, mid 20th century
Four ink and watercolor illustrations on paper
Unsigned
Artist’s stamp to the corner of each paper

Max Walter was primarily known for his advertisement and interior design illustrations. He began his formal artistic training at the Art Students League and posteriorly, at The Cooper Union School of Art, New York. Upon graduating, Walter further pursued his artistic career as an interior design illustrator, refining his technique while continuing his education at the School of Interior Design, New York working under the likes of renowned artists Nancy McClelland, Paul Chalfin, and Ruby Ross Wood. Walter worked as an advertisement illustrator for Tomlinson and Drexel Heritage Companies, although most of his refined furniture and design illustrations were created for the prestigious New York furniture and rug company W. & J. Sloane, where he consistently worked for forty years.

Condition

- toning to papers; graphite inscriptions to margins of paper; tape and tape residue present to edges of papers; creasing to corners of papers; surface wear present to drawings; dust and accretions present to drawings; tearing to edges of papers; slight curving of papers.

Dimensions

- measures each piece.

Item #

ITMG177605