Feb 07, 2002 - Sale 1924

Sale 1924 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 3,910
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
JOHN HELD, JR.NORTHWARD. Circa 1930.
42x28 1/4 inches. Plampin Litho, New York City.
Condition A-: repaired tears in margin, some affecting image.
The New Haven Railroad was an essential means of transportation in New England and "at its peak in 1929, the railroad owned and operated 2,131 miles of track throughout New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island." In his classic cartoon form, Held shows golfers, flappers and others all heading "northward," much like migrating ducks, which he also presents.