Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 166

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

GUSTAV W. KROLLMANN (1888-1962)

MT. ST. HELENS / NORTHERN PACIFIC. Circa 1935.


40x30 inches, 101½x76¼ cm.
Condition B: extensive replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins; repaired tear at top edge, through upper image; creases in image.

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).