Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 209

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SASCHA MAURER (1897-1961) DIRECT ROUTE TO NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 1939.
40 1/4x25 1/4 inches, 102 1/4x64 cm.
Condition B: replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting at edges, in image and along vertical and horizontal folds; staining from glue residue on verso, showing through.
This bird's-eye view of New York City depicts the original Penn Station, part of the city's skyline and shows the rail links to the World's Fair and the "railroad station on fair grounds." Zega fig. 148.