SASCHA MAURER (1897-1961) WORLD'S FAIR NEW YORK / STRAIGHT TO THE GATE / PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 1939.
40 3/4x25 inches, 103 1/2x63 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins and image.
A young couple is observing the ease and convenience of getting to the World's Fair on the Pennsylvania Railroad; the red trains shoot through the night-time city to the bright World's Fair station. Visible among New York's newly completed architectural details are the Empire State and Chrysler buildings, Rockefeller Center, a larger than life Pennsylvania Station and the Fair's Trylon and Perisphere. One of two posters the artist designed for the Pennsylvania Railroad promoting travel to the Fair. rare.