Nov 14, 2019 - Sale 2524

Sale 2524 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972) HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1947.
40 3/4x26 3/4 inches, 103 1/2x68 cm.
Condition B: small losses in margins; repaired tears at edges, one through lower text; small stains and foxing in text; creases and abrasions in image. Mounted on card.
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 toward New York City, pulled by the "New" Empire State Express, which was launched in 1941. Zega p. 127.