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Original 1930s Fred Ludekens Southern Pacific Streamlined Delights Print 23”x26”

Original 1930s Fred Ludekens Southern Pacific Streamlined Delights Print 23”x26”

$ 527.47

Availability: 91 in stock
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Original
    1930s
    Fred Ludekens
    Southern Pacific Streamlined Delights
    Print
    23”x26”
    Heavy paper
    Excellent vintage condition
    FRED LUDEKENS (1900-1982)
    SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S STREAMLINED DELIGHTS
    Circa late 1930s
    19 3/4x41 1/4 inches, 50 1/4x105 cm.
    In the 1930s, "streamlined trains were among the most striking, visible and accessible examples of Modernism" in America. The streamliner was perfectly suited to the poster medium; its smooth airflow profile offered the prospect of a respite from America's stylistic preoccupation with realism.