Oct 10, 2024 - Sale 2681

Sale 2681 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

HUGO D'ALESI (1849-1906)

LE LAC D'ANNECY. Circa 1900.


42¼x31 inches, 107¼x78¾ cm. Cornille & Serre, Paris.
Condition A-: replaced lower right corner; minor creases and abrasions in margins and image; replaced punch holes in right margin.

The steamship Le Ville d'Annecy, depicted here, was launched on June 7, 1900 and 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).