Dec 18, 2013 - Sale 2336

Sale 2336 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
ADOLF KARPELLUS (1869-1919) JULIUS MEINLS MALZKAFFEE. 1899.
47 3/4x34 inches, 121 1/4x86 1/2 cm. Laur. Schlager, Vienna.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tears in margins and image; minor losses at edges. Mounted on chartex.
"The detailed text is eased by both the attractive ornamentation and the narrative series of images of a coffee connoisseur. The sequence of these images are a striking example of the technique of comic strips from a later era" (Denscher p. 129). Denscher p. 127.