Dec 17, 2008 - Sale 2167

Sale 2167 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FERDINAND LUNEL (1857-1933) SOCIÉTÉ DU GAZ ACÉTYLÈNE. 1895.
50x36 1/2 inches, 127x93 cm. Nouvelles Affiches Artistiques, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and staining in margins and image.
Lunel studied painting under Jean-Léon Gérôme, then went on to a career dominated by his illustrations for Parisian magazines, with work in Chat Noir, Le Figaro and Le Rire and Le Courrier Français to his credit. The few posters he designed seem very much inspired by the works of Jules Chéret. This poster of a woman up a ladder attempting to light a streetlight is a charming and classic turn-of-the-century image.