Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 207

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BERN HILL (1911-1977) KATY STATION, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND THE FAMOUS TEXAS SPECIAL. Circa 1950s.
24x18 inches, 61x45 1/2 cm.
Condition A-: tears at edges. Paper.
"The beauty of Hill's locomotive paintings are found in the way he captures the essence of each railroad. The 1950s represented a period in railroad history that found America with an abundance of regional rail lines, all featuring distinctive paint schemes. Often railroads operated only in a small geographical location and were unknown in some parts of the country" (Railroad Heritage, No. 6, 2002, p. 10).