Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN TRIPOLI. Circa 1930.
39 1/2x24 1/4 inches, 100x61 1/2 cm. Sten, Turin.
Condition A-: creases through top right corner; wrinkles at edges. Paper.
Immortalized in the words of the U.S. Marine hymn, this North African city is the largest city in Libya and the country's capital. Tripoli was an Italian colony from 1911 until 1943, which explains why this poster was printed in Italy advertising travel via Italian Railroads. English version. Orientalist p. 92 (var), Travel Italia p. 15 (var).