Oct 27, 2016 - Sale 2427

Sale 2427 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DESIGNER UNKNOWN RED STAR LINE / CLASSE UNIQUE TOURISTE. Circa 1932.
25 1/2x19 1/2 inches, 64 3/4x164 1/2 cm. L. Gaudio, Anvers.
Condition A-: minor creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; minor creases in margins and image. Paper. Matted and framed.
The Minneswaska and her sister ship Minnetonka had brief lives of just over ten years each, having been built in 1923 and scrapped by 1934. Originally they sailed for the Atlantic Line but were sold to the Red Star Line in 1931. It is unusual that such an exceptional and rare Art Deco image is not attributed to any artist.