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Sale 2574 | Lot 172
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Sale 2574 - Lot 172
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ADOLPH TREIDLER (1886-1981)
"Furness Cruising Ships...SS Queen of Bermuda * SS Ocean Monarch." Maquette for the poster as titled, 1959. Gouache with collage and wash on paper mounted to board. 21x28 inches; 535x710 mm, inlaid to 26 1/2x33 1/2-inch board. Signed "Adolph Treidler" in lower right. The Queen of Bermuda is collaged onto the background, though the masts and lines are painted directly onto the paper.
Provenance: Furness Cruise Lines inventory; private collection, Pennsylvania.
"Furness Cruising Ships...SS Queen of Bermuda * SS Ocean Monarch." Maquette for the poster as titled, 1959. Gouache with collage and wash on paper mounted to board. 21x28 inches; 535x710 mm, inlaid to 26 1/2x33 1/2-inch board. Signed "Adolph Treidler" in lower right. The Queen of Bermuda is collaged onto the background, though the masts and lines are painted directly onto the paper.
Provenance: Furness Cruise Lines inventory; private collection, Pennsylvania.
Condition:
2-inch tear to upper left edge in sky portion, a few faint, unobtrusive surface scuffs, a bit of glue and graphite residue along edges, under matte, overall fading to image as evidenced by line of darker blue in sky along top edge under matte and line of green ocean water paint along bottom edge.
Matte margins with old dried glue; verso contains tape holding artwork into frame of matte and "Treidler X-1" in orange crayon.
Matte margins with old dried glue; verso contains tape holding artwork into frame of matte and "Treidler X-1" in orange crayon.
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