Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
FRANCOIS GOS (1880-1942) HOTELS SEILER / ZERMATT. 1932.
50 3/8x35 1/4 inches. Sauberlin & Pfeiffer, S. V. Vevey.
Condition A-: minor tears in margins; creases in image; pinholes in corners. Paper.
A sharp, crisp view of Switzerland's dramatic Matterhorn, viewed from across flower-strewn cliffs. Gos, a muralist and botanical artist, is known to have designed only a small handful of posters. The Seiler family opened their first hotel in Zermatt (The Monte Rosa) in 1855, it was built upon the foundation of the Lauber Inn, Zermatt's first hotel. The family now operates five hotels in this exclusive Swiss resort town.