Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DABO (GEOFFROY D'ABOVILLE, DATES UNKNOWN) LE SYRIE ET LE LIBAN / "MALOULA". 1927.
40 1/2x29 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x75 cm. Marcel Picard, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses, creases and restoration in margins and image.
Maaloula is situated to the north of Damascus and is one of the few towns left in the world where Armaic is still spoken as a living language. Built into the mountainside the town, whose name means "Entrance," is home to two prominent Christian monasteries.