Dec 17, 2008 - Sale 2167

Sale 2167 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 1,470
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
O' GALOP (MARIUS ROSSILLON 1867-1946) HOUDAILLE. Circa 1905.
62 x 46 inches. Societe Generale de Publicite, Paris.
Condition A-: minor restoration along unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tear through top margin.
Although world-renowned for creating Bibendum, the Michelin Man, O'Galop's career covered far more ground. He was largely a cartoonist, designing comic-strips for magazines all around Paris. This previously unreferenced poster is typical of his humorous style. It is a comic, eye-catching scene that would quickly convince anyone without shock absorbers on the car to use the tires!