Aug 05, 2009 - Sale 2185

Sale 2185 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MAX PONTY (1904-1972) LE MAROC. LES CANARIES / PAQUET. Circa 1935.
39x24 inches, 99x62 cm. Hachard & Co., Paris.
Condition B: water staining in margins and image; loss in top and left margins; repaired tears in margins, some affecting image.
A striking and colorful image promoting travel to Morocco and the Canary Islands. The Compagnie de Navigation Paquet was named after its founder Nicolas Paquet, and operated primarily between France and Morocco, but also to destinations on the Black Sea. Pictured is the "Koutubia", which was built (with her sister ship "Djenne") in 1931.