Sun Valley Idaho Round House on Baldy Mountain
$5,000.00
Sun Valley Idaho Round House Baldy Mountain by D.S. (Dwight Clark Shepler) Original 1940 Vintage American Travel Poster
This has to be the most recognize Vintage Sun Valley Poster-spotlighting the famous Roundhouse, still in operation 90 years later! Sun Valley was created as a destination resort to encourage people to ride the railroad out west. It was the brainchild of Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific Railroad, who was himself an avid skier. Born in Massachusetts, Shepler graduated from Williams College and taught painting in and around Boston. He was a Navy combat artist during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. Shepler was an avid sailor and skier; he is well-known for his watercolor ski scenes of New Hampshire. Art of Skiing p. 124.
Quantity
Only 1 left in stock
Year / Circa
1946
Artist
Dwight Shepler
Size
29.1 x 20 in.
(74 x 51 cm)
Linen Backed* Y/N
Yes
Publisher / Printer Marks
Printed in U.S.A.
D.S. (Dwight Shepler)
Midwest Offset Co. Chicago
offset lithograph in colours, c.1950
Condition
A / A-