Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 11,025
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
MONOGRAM UNKNOWN KING DAVID HOTEL / JERUSALEM. Circa 1931.
33 1/2x25 inches, 85x63 1/2 cm. Richter & C., Naples.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases at edges and in image; creases in corners and image; horizontal fold.
Built in 1931, The King David Hotel sits atop a hill overlooking the old city of Jerusalem, including the Tower of David. The hotel has always been one of Jerusalem's most prestigious. Designed in the style of turn-of-the-century hotel posters as championed by Mario Borgoni. The unknown artist here has even co opted Borgoni's signature monogram.