Oct 27, 2016 - Sale 2427

Sale 2427 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 585
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MARC (DATES UNKNOWN) ALGERIA VIA PORT - VENDRES. 1931.
39 1/2x24 1/4 inches, 100 1/4x62 1/4 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition A- / B+: scratch and minor restoration in upper right corner; slight discoloration in margins.
The minaret of the Great Mosque of Tlemcen is depicted in searing desert oranges. In a style commensurate with other French posters advertising travel to North Africa, Marc's image is infused with the exotic architecture, people and climate of Algeria. Not in Orientalist.