Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 140

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

RAY BETHERS (1902-1973)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC / YOU TAKE THE HIGHROAD - I'LL TAKE THE RAILROAD! Circa 1939.


23x16 inches, 58 1/2x40 3/4 cm.
Condition B+: losses and small replaced losses in right corner; abrasions at edges. Paper.

Bethers was the Art Director at Lord & Thomas Advertising Agency in San Francisco. In that role, he worked with Amado Gonzalez and Robert Windrem, among other artists, on the Southern Pacific account. He also designed a few posters himself.

Additional Details

From the collection of Victor Ryerson.