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Lot 121

Chesley Knight Bonestell
(1888-1986)
An aerial view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge 33 x 27in overall: 40 x 34in

19 November 2018, 18:00 PST
Los Angeles

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Chesley Knight Bonestell (1888-1986)

An aerial view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge
signed 'CHESLEY BONESTELL' (lower left)
oil on artist board
33 x 27in
overall: 40 x 34in
Painted circa 1939

Footnotes

Literature
Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant III, The Art of Chesley Bonestell, New York, 2001, p. 31, pp. 121-122 (related works for the Golden Gate International Exposition).

The present work depicts the Marin Headlands in the foreground, with a view south toward the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco beyond. Bonestell first rendered the Golden Gate Bridge from architectural plans in 1932 for chief engineer Joseph Strauss. He continued to illustrate it through its construction phase in the 1930s, culminating in projects for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

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