Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JAN VAN BEERS (1852-1927) HOLLAND - AMERIKA LIJN / VIA BOULOGNE SUR MER. 1898.
28 3/4x20 1/2 inches, 73x52 cm. S. Lankhout & Co., The Hague.
Condition B+ / B: trimmed top and bottom edges; tears and minor losses at edges; scratches and abrasions in image; pencil notations in lower left corner; horizontal folds. Printed on thick paper.
"A cheerful, lighthearted poster in the woman-with-product idiom, not unlike a poster for champagne. It remains a unique example among shipping line posters" (Schip & Affiche p. 62). Schip & Affiche 40.