ADOLPH TREIDLER (1886-1981) NEW YORK / NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. 1927. 39 1/2x26 1/2 inches. Latham Liho. & Printing Co., Long Island City, New York. Condition B: numerous creases and repaired tears in margins and image; minor restored loss in margins. Printed on thick stock. An evocative and dramatic nighttime view of the tip of Manhattan seen past the Statue of Liberty. The "city that never sleeps" is depicted full of life and light, as seen in skyscrapers, ferries, tug-boats and a spotlight. Treidler's expansive career as a poster designer began during the First World War, and carried on through the 1960s, when he was the in-house designer for Furness Cruise Lines.Treidler "arguably the nation's most outstanding poster artist" considered this image to be one of his two best-known works (Zega p. 68). Zega 88.
