THE NEW 20TH CENTURY LIMITED / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1939.
40¼x26 inches, 102¼x66 cm. Latham Litho. Co., Long Island City. Condition B+: slight time-staining and minor abrasions in margins; minor creases in margins and image. Mounted on thick paper.
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.
Zega 152, Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 209, Crouse p. 263, Affiches Chemin de Fer p. 107, Affiche Art Deco p. 87.
