Feb 29, 2024 - Sale 2660

Sale 2660 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 4,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

JOSEFSSON'S ORIGINAL ICELANDIC "GLIMA" CO. 1910.


28x37½ inches, 71x95½ cm. Adolph Friedländer, Hamburg.
Condition B+: minor abrasions and darkening in margins; slight overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds.

"Glima is a Nordic wrestling sport, mainly practiced in Iceland. Josefsson became a Glima champion in 1907, after which he started touring around the world giving numerous shows as an extraordinary wrestler" (zwiggelaarauctions.nl/).