?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
BERN HILL (1911-1977)
FRISCO / SERVING THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. Circa 1951.
23¾x18 inches, 60½x45¾ cm. Condition A-: minor repaired tears, abrasions and minor overpainting at edges.
Throughout his work for General Motors, Hill "single-handedly managed to represent almost every railroad of the day" (Vintage Rails, January / February 1998, p. 75). He also graphically captured architectural, engineering and natural wonders along the various train routes. The "Frisco" was the colloquial name given to the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. This image first appeared on the cover of Railway Age magazine on October 29, 1951.
