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One sheet This image is a mid-century vintage travel poster commissioned by the Pennsylvania Railroad.Poster Overview Slogan: "Always Inspiring! New York — Go via Pennsylvania Railroad". Subject: It features a towering illustration of the United Nations Secretariat Building along with the General Assembly Building at its base, located in midtown Manhattan.Style & Era: Created around 1960, the piece uses an elegant Mid-Century Modern architectural style painted in gouache on illustration board before text overlays were added. The scene portrays stylish commuters and visitors walking across the UN plaza under a bright blue sky.
While the Pennsylvania Railroad famously commissioned well-known landscape and train artists like Grif Teller, Sascha Maurer, and Edward Mason Eggleston for much of their promotional material, the exact artist behind this specific United Nations cityscape remains uncredited in archival galleries like the Grapefruit Moon Gallery.The artwork itself is highly celebrated for its iconic architectural focus, capturing the international design of the UN complex led by legendary architects Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier. |
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