This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/30/2022
JOHNSON, Fred G. (1892-1990). The Icelandic Giant. Chicago: O’ Henry Tent & Awning Co., ca. 1930s. Painted canvas. A tall, muscular man in Viking garb standing beside a woman in a red bathing suit waves to passers-by. 180 x 114 ½”. SIGNED at lower right. Expected wear from age and use. The undisputed master of the art of the sideshow banner, Fred G. Johnson produced hundreds of iconic works throughout a forty-year career with the O. Henry Tent & Awning Company. This banner was formerly owned and used by Johann K. Petursson (1913-1984), who stood 7 ft. 8 in and was known as The Viking Giant or Icelandic Giant.