EDWARD M. EGGLESTON (1883-1941) ATLANTIC CITY / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Circa 1935. 40 1/4x25 inches, 102 1/2x63 1/2 cm. O. Co., Clifton, N.J. Condition B+ / B: repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins and corners, some affecting image and text. One in a series of posters Eggleston created for the Pennsylvania Railroad, all of which feature beautiful, elegant women. Here, accompanied by a well-dressed suitor (the only man to appear in his posters), the woman is looking out over the hustle and bustle of the famous Atlantic City boardwalk, with the ocean and the Steel Pier in the distance. Eggleston was a commercial artist and illustrator, whose fashionable women graced the covers of magazines and also showed up in advertising for products such as car upholstery, lotion, corsets, laces and more. He is perhaps best remembered for his pin-up style calendar images. Eggleston p. 24.
