Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 338

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(WESTERN VIEWS.) [American Publishing Co.; i.e., Wellge, Henry.] [Pikes Peak Panorama.] Scarce chromolithographed view of Colorado Springs with Pike's Peak in the distance. 465x1150 mm, frame size; trimmed to image, contemporary oak frame, with old glass, light staining in lower half of image. An attractive, unsophisticated presentation of this print, which has appeared at auction only once in recent history. [Milwaukee, WI: American Publishing Co., circa 1890]
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Reps singled out Wellge's view of Pike's Peak and Colorado Springs for particular praise in his essay on the viewmaker: "A few [views], like that of Colorado Springs, were done in dramatic tones of ink that resembled oil colors." - Views and Viewmakers, page 214.