Nov 14, 2019 - Sale 2524

Sale 2524 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
TERENCE CUNEO (1907-1996) CLEAR ROAD AHEAD / BRITISH RAILWAYS. 1949.
39 3/4x50 inches, 101x127 cm. Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London.
Condition A- / B+: small repaired tears and creases in margins; slight time-staining at edges; minor creases in image.
Born into a family of artists, Cuneo was a painter and illustrator who excelled at locomotive images and military themes. He served as the official artist for Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953. Many of his paintings were turned into posters for the British Railway, each of which is distinguished by the great attention he paid to the technical details. Affiches Chemin de Fer p. 131.