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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
MAURICE LOGAN (1886-1977)
TO THE FAR EAST / CANADIAN PACIFIC / WHITE EMPRESS ROUTE. 1936.
39 1/2x25 inches, 100 1/4x63 1/2 cm. Condition A-: expert overpainting at edges; slightly trimmed at bottom edge.
"Between 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in September of 1939, Canadian Pacific's activities achieved a truly worldwide status, through the advent of a steamship cruise service [and] the expansion of services in the Pacific" (Canadian Pacific p. 41). This brightly-colored image juxtaposes a Japanese family adorned in their colorful, traditional garments, with the sharp, clean lines of the Empress of Britain. Canadian Pacific np, Choko p. 97, Poster Progress p. 120.
