Aug 06, 2014 - Sale 2356

Sale 2356 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
FIRMIN BOUISSET (1859-1925) EMPRUNT NATIONAL. Gouache maquette. Circa 1920.
12 1/4x9 inches, 31x23 cm.
Condition A: minor foxing. Thick paper.
Bouisset, best know for the charming children with which he populated his commercial posters, also designed several posters for France during the First World War, calling on the citizenry to invest in government bonds. This image was never realized as a poster.