Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972) ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK / NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. Circa 1936.
41x27 inches, 104x68 1/2 cm. Latham Litho & Ptg. Co., Long Island City.
Condition B+: repaired tear at top edge, into image; creases and abrasions in margins and image; tape on verso; pin holes in corners. Printed on thick paper.
A bird's-eye view of Rockefeller Center rising up from amidst the cityscape with her roof gardens and landscaped grounds. Put into monolithic perspective by St. Patrick's Cathedral in the foreground and the Hudson River and New Jersey in the distance, this complex of buildings rises so high that even the shadow it casts is impressive. Voyage p. 137, Zega p. 102, Affiches Art Deco p. 113.