Feb 03, 2005 - Sale 2031

Sale 2031 - Lot 316

Price Realized: $ 4,370
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
A. CHRISTOHEL WINTER IN ST. MORITZ.
26x381/2 inches. Polygraphisches Institut, Zurich.
Condition B+: restored losses and repaired tears in margins; creases in image and margins; vertical and horizontal folds.
A man in brown and white is being pulled along on skis by a brown horse, with a purple mountainscape in the distance. Started in St. Moritz in 1907, Skikjöring is a yearly race held every February in which horses pull skiers on a frozen lake racetrack. A highly exclusive competition, the winner is crowned "King of the Engadine" for a whole year.