Aug 05, 2015 - Sale 2389

Sale 2389 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN IT'S A LONG WAY TO ROME. Circa 1943.
46x31 1/4 inches, 116 3/4x79 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; abrasions and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds and in margins and image.
German propaganda aimed at showing "British and American troops in Italy that their advance had been considerably slower than a snail's" (Zeman p. 24). This is the smaller of two formats. Zeman p. 25, Weill 513, Rhodes 197.