SASCHA MAURER (1897 1961) Worlds Fair New York Straight to

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Sale 2679 - Lot 108

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

SASCHA MAURER (1897-1961)

World's Fair New York / Straight to the Gate / Pennsylvania Railroad. 1939.
Lithograph poster. 102¼x63 cm, 40¼x25 inches.

A young couple observes the ease and convenience of getting to the World's Fair on the Pennsylvania Railroad; the red trains shoot through the nighttime cityscape 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.

New York p. 118.

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