Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 227

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
PETER EWART (1918-2001) CANADIAN PACIFIC. 1952.
35 1/4x23 1/4 inches, 89 1/2x59 cm.
Condition A- / B+: tears, creases and abrasions at edges, some affecting image; travel bureau ink stamp in lower image. Framed.
One of several train portrait-posters that Ewart designed for Canadian Pacific, depicting a General Motors Diesel FP7A, which was put into service in 1951. 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 Canadian Pacific Railway for 20 years and created more than 24 different posters for the company. Canadian Pacific p. 21, Furness vol. 8, p. 129, Affiches Chemin de Fer p. 124.