Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FILIPPO ROMOLI (1901-1969) ADRIATICA. 1938.
39 1/8x27 1/2 inches. Barabino & Graeve, Genoa.
Condition B+: repaired tears and expertly restored losses in margins, bottom text and right image.
One of the several shipping companies to emerge from the breakup of Italy's state controlled shipping agency in 1937, Adriatica, based in Venice, served ports on the Adriatic Sea, the Mediterranean and in the Orient. Here, in a handsome photomontage, a woman is viewing the exotic sights of the skyline of Istanbul.