Nov 10, 2001 - Sale 1914

Sale 1914 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ANONYMOUSANCHOR LINE / GLASGOW & NEW YORK. Circa 1930.
40x25 inches. McCorquodale, London.
Condition B+: creases, wrinkles and minor restoration in margins.
A simple yet powerful image of a ship crossing the Atlantic, in which the positioning of the liner, at the bottom of the frame, beneath an expansive sky, conveys a feeling of the vastness of the ocean. Founded in 1856 the Anchor Line originally sailed from Glasgow to New York and Quebec.