?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DWIGHT CLARK SHEPLER (1905-1974)
SUN VALLEY / "ROUND HOUSE" ON BALDY MOUNTAIN. 1940.
40x24¾ inches, 101½x62¾ cm. Midwest Offset Co., Chicago. Condition B+: small loss at bottom left margin; minor creases and abrasions in margins; staining in lower text box; minor staining in top margin and image. Paper.
Sun Valley was created as a destination resort to encourage people to ride the railroad out west. It was the brainchild of Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific Railroad, who was himself an avid skier. Born in Massachusetts, Shepler graduated from Williams College and taught painting in and around Boston. He was a Navy combat artist during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. Shepler was an avid sailor and skier; he is well-known for his watercolor ski scenes of New Hampshire. Art of Skiing p. 124.
