Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972) HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1947.
40 3/4x25 1/2 inches, 103 1/2x64 3/4 cm.
Condition B+: restored losses in margins; repaired tears at edges, some into image.
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.