Nov 11, 2002 - Sale 1951

Sale 1951 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
E. BLOCAILLE BIARRITZ. 1928.
30x45 1/2 inches. [A.K., Paris.]
Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; restoration in margins.
An unusual and rare image from the glamorous resort on France's South West coast. This is a proof pulled before the black plate was added, the final version of this poster read "Councours Hippique Int'l / 220 800 fr. de Prix". International horse-riding competitions were held in Biarritz as early as 1885. Memoire de la Rue p. 235.