Nov 11, 2002 - Sale 1951

Sale 1951 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 14,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
EGGLESTON ATLANTIC CITY / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Circa 1935.
40 3/8x25 1/8 inches. O. Co., Clifton, New Jersey.
Condition B+: restored losses and overpainting in image; minor repaired tears and creases in margins; creases in image.
One in a series of posters Eggleston created for the Pennsylvania Railroad featuring beautiful, elegant women. Here, accompanied by a well-dressed suitor, 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.