GUSTAV W KROLLMANN (1888 1962) NORTH COAST LIMITED IN THE

Sale 2621 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 4,000

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

GUSTAV W. KROLLMANN (1888-1962)

NORTH COAST LIMITED / IN THE MONTANA ROCKIES. 1929.

38x27 3/4 inches, 96 1/2x70 1/2 cm.
Condition B: repaired tears at edges, one into central image; replaced losses, darkening and restoration in margins; colors attenuated.

Here, the North Coast Limited is shown going over the Bozeman Pass in the Montana Rockies. The train is pulled by a mighty Alco (American Locomotive Company) 4-8-4 engine. Zega 104. Austrian-born Krollmann came to the United States in 1923, settling in Minneapolis where he taught at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. He designed a series of posters for the Northern Pacific Railroad using images "that displayed a strong sense of modeling and a richness of color" (Zega p. 83).

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From the collection of Victor Ryerson.