?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
FRANK NEWBOULD (1887-1951)
BERLIN VIA HARWICH. 1925.
39 1/2x49 inches, 100 1/2x124 1/2 cm. Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd., Leeds. Condition B+: creases, abrasions, repaired tears and replaced losses in margins, some into image; repaired pin holes in corners; minor creases in image.
Frank Newbould did extensive work for the London & North Eastern Railway, as well as the Great Western Railway, The Orient Line and the Belgian Railways. In 1926, he was one of five artists contracted to work exclusively for the LNER; the others were Tom Purvis, Austin Cooper, Frank Mason and Fred Taylor. The contract lasted for three years. Adept at depicting both architecture and people, Newbould composed his colorful posters with a strong graphic eye. He designed several posters promoting travel to the continent, including images for Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Nuremberg and The Belgian Coast. Here, he captures a wonderful snippet of Berlin street life, in which elegant couples stroll down the boulevard, gentlemen enjoy the cafes, and automobiles and distinguished buildings line the avenue. Running through the center of Berlin, "Unter den Linden" was one of the grandest streets in Germany. Its name ("Under the Lindens") is derived from the distinctive trees that lined it. Rare. We have not found another copy at auction in 25 years. Voyage p. 143, Furness 8, p. 100.
