Aug 05, 2021 - Sale 2577

Sale 2577 - Lot 330

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

FRED LUDEKENS (1900-1982)

ARIZONA / AMERICAN AIRLINES. Circa 1950s.


39x29 inches, 99x73 1/2 cm.
Condition A. Framed.

Ludekens began his artistic career as billboard painter for Foster & Kleiser. He then moved to New York City and joined the advertising firm of Lord & Thomas. In addition to his illustrations, which appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines, he also specialized in landscapes - apparent in this idyllic scene promoting travel to Arizona.