May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 50

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500

O. DIECKMANN (DATES UNKNOWN)

GRAND HOTEL ADELBODEN / 5 TENNIS COURTS. 1924.


39¼x25 inches, 99¾x63½ cm. Fretz, Zurich.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges; slight time-staining in margins; colors slightly attenuated.

The beautiful Grand Hotel Adelboden, whose courts wer promoted here, burned to the ground on March 19, 1947. The hotel was run by Emil and Katharina Gurtner; Emil is later noted as being manager of the "Butterfly Hotel" by 1956.