?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN WHATEVER THE WEATHER / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Circa 1941. 40 1/4x25 1/4 inches, 102x64 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration at edges; abrasions in image. In 1936, Raymond Loewy designed a streamlined cover for the Pennsylvania Railroad's K4 locomotive, giving the engine a modern "torpedo" look. In 1939, Loewy designed the S1, the largest locomotive ever built (known as "The Big Engine"). Too large to actually negotiate many of the turns on the Pennsylvania Railroad's network, the engine was primarily used for publicity (such as at the New York World's Fair in 1939), as well as in brochures, calendars and posters such as this one. The red cars being pulled behind the engine are part of the PRR's "Fleet of Modernism," (Raymond Loewy-designed rolling stock / passenger cars.) This image also appeared in magazine advertisements for the railroad.
