May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN LUXEMBOURG / CHEMIN DE FER. Circa 1930.
39 3/4x24 1/2 inches, 101x62 1/4 cm. Art. Ed. Huss & Cie., Luxembourg.
Condition A-: repaired tear in image.
This strong image, in what Austin Cooper described as "simplified realism," gives a modernist view of the capital city's spires and bridges. Amateur train-spotters may be surprised to learn from this poster that tiny Luxembourg had its own state railway.