Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 207

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)

RINGING OUT LIBERTY / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 1930.


40 1/2x27 1/4 inches, 103x69 1/4 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, one into upper image; replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins; scratch in right image; pin holes in bottom right corner.

This image by Wyeth encapsulates the quintessential American patriotic scene - Philadelphia in 1776 and the one-time ringing of the Liberty Bell. Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Posters, No. 1.