Nov 11, 2002 - Sale 1951

Sale 1951 - Lot 90

Price Realized: $ 2,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
JOSEPH-HENRI PONCHIN L'INDOCHINE FRANCAISE / TONKIN. 1931.
43 1/2x29 inches. D'Extreme-Orient, Hanoi.
Condition B+: repaired tears through margins into text and image; darkened.
A rare and unusual poster 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.