May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 41

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ANDRE SIMON (1899-1959) SAISISSEZ LA FORTUNE / LOTERIE NATIONALE. 1938.
47x31 1/2 inches, 119 1/2x80 cm. Jules Simon, Paris.
Condition B+: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; minor repaired tears at edges..
Above patriotically-colored lettering, Simon provides a graphic depiction of grabbing fortune with both hands, as illustrative a way as any to promote the national lottery.