Nov 10, 2001 - Sale 1914

Sale 1914 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 3,220
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON. Circa 1941.
40 1/2x26 3/8 inches.
B+: restoration in lower right corner; repaired tear through top margin; restoration in text.
Riding the glorious stretch of rail along the Hudson River between West Point Military Academy and the Bear Mountain Bridge (seen here in the distance), the aerodynamic, steel cars of a New York Central System train are heading towards New York City, pulled by the "new" Empire State Express, which was launched in 1941.