May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
CLAUDIUS LINOSSIER (1893-1953) CASTROL. 1932.
31 1/4x23 1/2 inches, 79 1/2x60 cm. Bethmont, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears through top margin into image; restoration in top left corner and in margins; horizontal fold.
A soft, mannerist Art Deco image of an active day in the country, in which picnickers are surrounded by the upper class toys that all run smoothly thanks to Castrol Oil. This poster is attributed to Claudius Linossier, the great French Art Deco metal worker.