A SKETCH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE S1

RAYMOND LOEWY FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, CIRCA 1937

Details

A SKETCH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE S1
Raymond Loewy for the Pennsylvania Railroad, circa 1937
signed in pencil Loewy and dated 37 (lower right)
10½ x 15¾in. (26.8 x 40cm.) sight, framed

Exhibited

Raymond Loewy Pionier des Amerik. Industrie Design

Lot Essay

cf. Raymond Loewy, Industrial Design, 1979, p.82 and Renwick Gallery, The Designs of Raymond Loewy, 1975, cover

The Locomotive S1 was the greatest and fastest locomotive of its time in the United States. It was exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939 and 1940