Jan 30, 2003 - Sale 1958

Sale 1958 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 2,645
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 2,500
JACQUES MAJORELLE KASBAH DE TAMDART. 1929.
39 1/2x24 5/8 inches. Baconnier, Algeria.
Condition B: losses and repaired tears in margins; creases in image; glued top text banner.
A man on a gray donkey, surrounded by soldiers and townsfolk, is standing before a walled fortress in green. Traditionally a symbol of a city's wealth, as well as a military necessity, these Kasbahs remained an essential part of a town's infrastructure through the 19th century.