Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

WESLEY RAYMOND DE LAPPE (1887-1952) 195 c SOUTHERN PACIFIC / WINTER SPORTS AT TRUCKEE. 1913. 22 3 / 4 x15 3 / 4 inches, 58x40 cm. Condition B: extensive overpainting in margins; repaired tears with tape on verso; minor losses in corners and at edges; sharp horizontal creases in image; tear along crease in lower image. Paper. An early and rare poster for skiing in America. De Lappe was a painter, illustrator and Director of the Artist’s League, in San Francisco, who garnered attention with his 1913 poster for the San Francisco Mechanics Fair . “He came from Santa Rosa to San Francisco and opened offices [in 1906]. His rise in his profession was rapid, his railroad and summer resort posters receiving high commendation, not only in this state, but throughout the east” ( San Francisco Call , August 15, 1913, p. 2). [1,500/2,000]