Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN [VISIT GARHMUKHTESHWAR.] Circa 1935.
39 1/2x24 3/4 inches, 100 1/4x63 cm. East Indian Railway Press, Calcutta.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears in margins; light creases in margins and image; ink stamp on verso showing through upper margin and image.
Pilgrims climb up and down to the Ganga Temple, with its 100 steps leading to the Ganges River. Although unsigned, this poster is likely the work of Dorothy Newsome, who designed many posters promoting travel around India. This is the Hindi version.