May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 155

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

JOË BRIDGE (JEAN BARREZ, 1886-1967)

IIIES CHAMPIONNATS D'EUROPE / WATER - POLO. 1931.


46¾x31 inches, 118¾x78¾ cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases, abrasions and minor restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired pin holes at edges and in corners; small stains in image; reds slightly attenuated.

Le stade nautique des Tourelles, also called the Piscine des Tourelles, is an aquatics venue that was built for the 1924 Summer Olympics to host the diving, swimming, water polo, and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events. It was the first "Olympic swimming pool" and the first to be delineated with painted water lines