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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN
39 3/4 HOURS TO CHICAGO! / "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO." 1937.
23x16 inches, 58 1/2x40 3/4 cm. Condition B: losses and tears at edges; creases and abrasions at edges and in image; staple holes along left edge; tipped to mat. Paper. Matted and framed.
This, the Southern Pacific's "first streamliner poster . . . emphasized the distinctive "armor yellow" color and automotive profile of the new City of San Francisco. The artists communicated modernity and speed by rendering the train in a seamless watercolor wash, removing all traces of rivets and vestibules" (Zega p. 111). Zega 140.
