Apr 24 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2702 -

Sale 2702 - Lot 13

Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000

LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972)

THE NEW 20TH CENTURY LIMITED / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1939.

40¾x26¾ inches, 103½x68 cm. Latham Litho. Co., Long Island City.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration in margins; restoration along horizontal creases in upper right image; repaired pin holes in corners. Framed.

A powerful Art Deco image of one of the last century's most famous American trains. In the 1930s, technology began to reflect the sleek, aerodynamic lines of the Art Deco movement, and the New 20th Century Limited, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, was the pride of the New York Central Line. This image has been featured by the United States Postal Service on a series of stamps commemorating the 1930s and is among the most prominent American Art Deco posters ever designed.

Crouse p. 263, Zega 152, Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 209, Affiches Chemin de Fer p. 107, Affiches Art Deco p. 87.
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