May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 845
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
DESIGNER UNKNOWN [A CHALICE OF LOVE AND DEATH.] Circa 1928.
36 1/4x27 inches, 92x68 1/2 cm.
Condition B-: replaced lower corners, affecting text and image; replaced losses along edges; repaired tears, creases, abrasions and light foxing in margins and image. Mounted on Japan.
Billed as "Russian Danish Comedy featuring Maria Jacobini" (the Italian silent film actress), this poster may well be for the 1928 German silent comedy "Folly of Love," directed by Robert Wiene.