Hotel Sherman Laundry (complimentary laundry bag) by Julio de Diego
Hotel Sherman Laundry (complimentary laundry bag)
Julio de Diego
Title
Hotel Sherman Laundry (complimentary laundry bag)
Artist
Julio de Diego
1900 - 1979 (biography)Year
c. 1935
Technique
screen print
Image Size
23 3/4 x 15" image size
Signature
signed in the screen, in image, lower left
Edition Size
n/a
Annotations
in the screen: "Hotel Sherman / Laundry / Randolph - Clark - Lake - and La Salle Sts - Chicago / Please place laundry list inside this bag"
Reference
Paper
cream wove paper bag
State
published
Publisher
Hotel Sherman
Inventory ID
JEJA161
Price
$400.00
Description
This art deco screenprint by Julio deDiego is on a paper bag, an advertisement for the Hotel Sherman laundry, to be used by guests for their laundry needs. Though not "editioned" this screenprint, created for commerce, is now rare.
The Hotel Sherman was a majestic, upscale hotel located at Clark and Randolph Street in Chicago. It was rebuilt over 5 times between 1837 and 1980, and was the famous site for a mob conference with Al Capone in 1926, which ended with the Hotel Sherman Treaty between the gangs and was attended by the police.
The site is now the State of Illinois' Thompson Center with the Dubuffet sculpture "Monument With Standing Beast" at the famous corner.