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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)
RINGING OUT LIBERTY / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 1930.
40 1/2x27 inches, 120 3/4x68 1/2 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears, restoration and creases in central image; repaired tear at bottom, into text; small replaced losses, repaired tears and restoration in margins; repaired pin holes in corners.
In the late 1920s, N.C. Wyeth was commissioned to produce twelve paintings for the Pennsylvania Railroad featuring patriotic themes. Only four were ultimately painted before the economic situation in America forced the railroad to cancel the rest of the project. The completed paintings were used for posters, and subsequently, in 1932, as calendar backs. A student of Howard Pyle, Wyeth was a prolific illustrator whose work appeared in magazines and children's books. Here, in keeping with his style as a children's book illustrator, this image romanticizes the quintessential American patriotic scene - Philadelphia in 1776 and the one-time ringing of the Liberty Bell. Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Posters, No. 1.
