Oct 27, 2016 - Sale 2427

Sale 2427 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
F. HUGO D'ALÉSI (1849-1906) LE LAC D'ANNECY. Circa 1900.
42x29 3/4 inches, 106 3/4x75 1/2 cm. Cornille & Serre, Paris.
Condition A. Matted and framed.
The steamship Le Ville d'Annecy, depicted here, was launched on June 7, 1900. She could carry 450 passengers. A later version of the poster has its title within the image as opposed to in the margins, and also has an overprint advertising various excursions and ticket discounts. Alpi / Manifesti 51, Hillion p. 183, Voyage p. 12 (var), Train 130 (var).