Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
BERND STEINER (1884-1933) NACH SÜD - AMERIKA / "SIERRA." Circa 1925.
38x27 inches, 96 1/2x68 1/2 cm. Heilig & Bartels, Bremen.
Condition B: restored losses and repaired tears at edges; creases, abrasions and restoration in image; trimmed to image.
Beginning in 1922, Norddeutscher Lloyd put the first of four Sierra-class ships into service. They primarily ran the South American routes, but occasionally operated between Europe and America. Here, Steiner pays so much attention to the fashionable people on board that it is almost hard to tell whether the poster is advertising a shipping company or a fashion store.