Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Very good. Original hand drawn manuscript art. On glossy paper. Size 27.5 x 20 Inches. This is the c. 1970 original art for Darrel Millsap's unpublished illustration of the global fossil fuel industry. The image is a harsh criticism of global waste and energy consumption, issued at the beginning of the U.S. environmentalism movement, most likely associated with the 1970 launch of Earth Day. A Closer Look The image begins with a pair of hands wringing the Earth dry of its precious fuel resources - in this case, oil - which drops into an enormous funnel. The funnel feeds into an agglomeration of images representing transportation (25.2%), industrial (41.2%), commercial (14.4%), and residential (19.2%) fuel consumption. We see an array of machinery, a San Francisco style Victorian home, a variety of aircraft, and recreational vehicles, all of which compose the body of an enormous oil tanker / tank. Publication History and Census This is Millsap's original hand-drawn art. It does not appear that the piece was published. It is undated, but we have dated it c. 1970 based on Millsap's period of greatest activity and the image's likely association with the first Earth Day. Unique.

Seller Inventory # FuelSourcesFossilFuels-millsap-1980

Bibliographic details

Title
Fuel Sources Fossil Fuels.
Author
1980 Darrel Millsap Original Mansucript Illustration of the Fossil Fuel Industry
Publication year
1980
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WORLD-MAPS

Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.

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