Pictorul Costin Petrescu la New York 1919-1920
By: Eduard Andrei
Publisher: Paideia
Published: 2019
Place of publication: București
Language: rum
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9786067482829
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Paper money; History; Sources; Paper money design
Description: "Anul acesta se vor împlini 100 de ani de când pictorul Costin Petrescu (1872-1954) a traversat Atlanticul la bordul pachebotului S.S. 'France', cu destinația New York. Fusese trimis acolo în misiune specială, pentru a superviza fabricarea noilor bancnote românești, realizate după designul său, la 'the American Bank Note Company',căci, după Marea Unire din 1918, unificarea monetară devenise o prioritate a noului guvern român"--Page 7

This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the painter Costin Petrescu (1872-1954) crossing the Atlantic aboard the cruiser S.S. 'France', bound for New York. He had been sent there on a special mission to supervise the manufacture of the new Romanian banknotes, made according to his design, at 'the American Bank Note Company', because after the Great Union of 1918, monetary unification had become a priority of the new Romanian government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

In Romanian; abstract in Romanian and English