PETER EWART (1918 2001) TRAVEL CANADIAN PACIFIC Circa 1956

Sale 2643 - Lot 279

Price Realized: $ 1,062

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

PETER EWART (1918-2001)

TRAVEL CANADIAN PACIFIC. Circa 1956.

36 1/2x24 inches, 92 3/4x61 cm.
Condition B: repaired tears from top and bottom, through central image; repaired tears and abrasions at edges.

Ewart studied as a commercial designer in both Montreal and New York City and designed his first poster for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1939. Ewart worked for the Railway for 20 years and created more than 24 different posters for the company. The "stainless steel luxury transcontinental called The Canadian, with its scenic observation dome, [was] inaugurated on April 15, 1955." This is the English version. Canadian Pacific p. 62 (var), Choko p. 302 (var).

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From the collection of Victor Ryerson.