Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
JAMES CROCKART (1885-1974) CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. 1927.
35 1/2x23 1/4 inches, 90x59 cm.
Condition B+: restored upper left corner; repaired tears in margins and image.
Situated on top of the Cap Diamant Cliffs in the heart of the old walled-in city, the Chateau Frontenac opened in 1892 and remains a four star hotel today. This was the first poster Crockart designed for Canadian Pacific, and he designed at least one other poster for the hotel.