Feb 05, 2004 - Sale 1995

Sale 1995 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 978
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
WALTER HEMMING MITROPA / THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST AND MOST ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS. 1929.
40x25 inches. Richard Keltz, Berlin.
Condition B+: tear through top margin affecting image; minor creases and staining in margins.
Founded in 1916, the famous Middle European Sleeping and Dining Car Company (Mitropa) was the European equivalent of America's Pullman company. In this stylized image, one of Mitropa's colorful sleeping wagons is streaming past an Art Deco skyline. This version with English overprinting.