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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JEAN ROUILLÉ (DATES UNKNOWN)
A TRAVERS LE MONDE / CHARGEURS RÉUNIS.
38 1/2x24 inches, 97 3/4x61 cm. Diffusion et Publicité, Paris. Condition A: slight time-staining at edges; minor foxing at bottom left edge; watermarks in the paper at sides, as issued. Matted and framed.
Formed in 1872 to operate a service between Le Havre and Brazil, Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis began routes to Indochina (a federation of French colonies including modern day Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) in the early 1900s. In the early 1950s, the loss of French Indochina gradually forced the company to end passenger services. Rouillé only designed a small handful of posters; only five have ever appeared on the market. Here, he depicts one of the company's ships sailing within a glass globe.
