Oct 10, 2024 - Sale 2681

Sale 2681 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

A BRUXELLES: "D'ABORD, AUX MUSÉES ROYAUX DU CINQUANTENAIRE." Circa 1912.


43¾x28½ inches, 111x72¼ cm. O. de Rycker, Brussels.
Condition B+: repaired tears, minor creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; overpainting over repaired tears along folds. Framed.

Belgium's Royal Museum of Art and History became known as the Royal Museums of the Cinquantenaire in 1912. Here, well-dressed tourists consulting a guidebook direct a driver to take them "first" to the museum, indicating just how important a stop the institution was on a well-heeled trip to Brussels.