Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

HOLLAND - AMERICA LINE / POTSDAM. Circa 1913.


38 1/2x58 1/2 inches, 97 3/4x148 3/4 cm. O. De Rycker & Mendel, Brussels.
Condition A-: minor restoration in margins; reds attenuated. Framed.

The Potsdam, shown leaving a busy New York harbor, crowded with ferries, tugs and sloops, and the majestic skyline of downtown Manhattan visible in the distance. This ship was launched on May 17, 1900 and sailed for the Holland-America Line until 1915, when it was sold to the Swedish American Line and renamed Stockholm.