Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 140

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
MAURICE ZIMMERMANN (DATES UNKNOWN) LEYSIN. 1904.
42x27 3/4 inches, 106 3/4x70 1/2 cm. Orell Fussli, Zurich.
Condition B+: tears and abrasions along horizontal folds; creases in margins and image. Paper.
Originally designed in 1901 (the date appears after the artists monogram), one year after the Aigle-Leysin railway was opened, this poster was used in subsequent years to advertise the most up-to-date rail schedules.