Lot 285: RAU, WILLIAM H. (1855-1920) "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad."

Name: RAU, WILLIAM H. (1855-1920) "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad."
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: zvyxfbhbfx

Est: $2,500 USD - $3,500 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USMay 15, 2008

Item Overview

Description

RAU, WILLIAM H. (1855-1920)
"Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad." Mural-size panoramic printing-out-paper print, 15 3/4x45 1/4 inches (40x115 cm.), with Rau's title and credit, in ink, on mount recto; in a period frame. 1901

Artist or Maker

William H. Rau

Condition Report

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Notes

Another print is in the collection of the Southern Allegheny Museum of Art at Altoona.
The American Heritage History of Railroads in America, unpaginated.
The Pennsylvania Railroad commissioned Rau to take photographs and provided him with a specially-designed rail car. In 1901, the Railroad asked Rau to return to Horseshoe Curve, where the line crosses the highest point of the mountains. Rau built a customized panoramic camera, which could encompass an angle of 170 degrees.

Auction Details

PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE & PHOTOGRAPHS

Swann Auction Galleries

May 15, 2008, 10:30 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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