Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DABO (GEOFFROY D'ABOVILLE, DATES UNKNOWN) LA CIOTAT-PLAGE / PLM. Circa 1930.
39x24 3/4 inches, 99x63 cm. J. Robillon, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears in margins, one affecting image; crease through upper left corner.
A coastal town in south eastern France, Ciotat lies equidistant between Marseille and Toulon. Renowned as the city chosen as home by the Lumiere family, and the subject of their (and the world's) first motion picture, L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat . The Lumiere estate was sold to developers in 1925 and villas, a hotel and a casino with a pool were constructed between 1926 and 1930. A single postcard remains illustrating this beautiful Art Deco edifice and its pool, but no other historical trace can be found except this stunning Art Deco poster. Affiches d'Azur, no. 208.