Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NORMAN WILKINSON (1882-1971) CAERNARVON CASTLE / LMS. 1929.
39 1/2x49 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x125 3/4 cm. Bemrose & Sons Ltd., Derby.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image; creases and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. Framed.
A view of the enormous, medieval fortress seen across the River Seiont. The castles of Wales were featured in many of the LMS posters, including others by Norman Wilkinson. Furness vol. 6, p. 146.