Aug 02, 2006 - Sale 2085

Sale 2085 - Lot 479

Price Realized: $ 575
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
AAGE RASMUSSEN LILLBÆLTSBROEN. 1951.
39 1/8x24 3/8 inches. Andereasen & Lachmann.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restored losses in bottom margin. Framed.
For Rasmussen, promoting the Danish State Railways was about more than just depicting locomotion, it was about the beauty of destinations and the impressive structures which allowed trains to get from one place to another. Here, wrapped in the warm comfort of nocturnal blues and greens, a wistful plume of steam from a train making its way over a towering gray bridge, blows through the structure's supports. The yellow glow from the setting sun is visible on the horizon and is echoed in the lights emanating from the train's carriages; lettering in light blue. Dutch version.