Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD (1913-1978) SNOWTIME IS FUN / CANADA.
29 3/4x19 1/4 inches, 75 1/2x49 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image; minor restored losses at edges. Silk-screen.
Bouchard was a painter who went on become an illustrator and occasional poster artist, in which capacity he designed posters for both Canadian Pacific and its rival company Canadian National Railways. Here a train disgorges skiers into awaiting horse-drawn sleighs to take them to ski resorts.