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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
BEN NASON (1913-?)
CAPE COD / THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. Circa 1945.
42x28 inches, 106¾x71 cm. Condition B: extensive overpainting and restoration throughout text and image; creases and restoration in image; colors attenuated.
Nason was a graphic artist based in Boston who designed posters for the WPA in the late 1930s, but is best known for a series of posters he created for the New Haven Railroad. He also designed images for the Boston Metropolitan Transit Authority and Filene's department store.
