May 21, 2009 - Sale 2181

Sale 2181 - Lot 131

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DESIGNER UNKNOWN BORSALINO.
31 1/2x22 1/2 inches, 80x57 1/2 cm.
Condition A / A-: minor restoration in bottom left corner.
The Borsalino Hat Company was founded in 1857, and successfully used posters as a means of advertising their products and promoting their business. Here, presented along with the company's recognizable cursive logo, a dapper hand doffs a fedora. Intentionally or not it is a photographic "tip of the hat" to Leonetto Cappiello's memorable Mossant image.