Mar 21, 2017 - Sale 2440

Sale 2440 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LESLIE RAGAN.
Grand Teton National Park. Study for an advertisement about pleasure driving created for The Budd Company, 1952; the published illustration, titled "Pursuit of Happiness," differs with the addition of a highway and several automobiles in the foreground. Gouache on board. 520x560 mm; 20 1/2x22 inches. Signed lower right. Tape mounted to matte with evidence of old matte adhesive residue to margins.
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While perhaps best known for his train posters for The New York Central, Ragan's largest body of work was actually created for the American steel manufacturer, The Budd Company, throughout the 1950s. The ads showcased his supreme depiction of trains, as well as cars, and always featured the natural beauty of America's National Parks and other attractive vistas.