Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 2,880
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
JOSEPH-HENRI PONCHIN (DATES UNKNOWN) CAMBODGE / L'INDOCHINE FRANCAISE. 1931.
43 7/8x29 inches. D'Extreme-Orient, Hanoi.
Condition A-: repaired tears in right margin, affecting image.
This rare and unusual poster was printed in Hanoi during the height of French colonialism. The French took control of Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) in 1863 and effectively stayed in power until 1953. Here, the wonders of the ancient Angkor temples in the jungles of Cambodia are depicted. This poster is one in an exceptional series of Art Deco travel posters for Indochina by Ponchin. Voyage p. 123.