T. Lux Feininger

Locomotives. The "2-8-8-0 Goods Engine Pennsylvania Railroad"

Lokomotiven. Die "2-8-8-0 Goods Engine Pennsylvania Railroad"*

Repro: MB

1940, December, in New York
Pencil
8 ¹⁄₂ × 11 inches(21 ¹⁄₂ × 28 cm)
Inscr. upper center: 2-8-8-0 goods engine Pennsylvania R.R., center: Front Drive, lower center: Rear drive, lower right: Thursday. Dec. 19th, 1940 Lux.
TLF: “[Locomotives] as a theme for pictures ... the interest came to me suddenly, although I cannot pin it down exactly in time. I spent some time making preparatory studies of railroad material, before attempting a composition. My source was, chiefly, one of my father’s treasures...: “The Development of the Railroad Locomotive” by Angus Sinclair (New York 1907)." [305]

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Themes: Railroad