Dec 15, 2010 - Sale 2234

Sale 2234 - Lot 44

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
EUGENE OGÉ (1869-1936) CHINA / BRUN-PEROD. Circa 1905.
74 1/4x49 inches. H. Laas, E. Pecaud & Cie., Paris.
Condition B+: overpainting and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
A waiter is in a panic, scrambling to open a large bottle before a thirsty crowd descends on him. A comical image in which Ogé employs the blank yellow background to create a dramatic diagonal.