Dec 15, 2010 - Sale 2234

Sale 2234 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
PAL (JEAN DE PALEOLOGUE, 1860-1942) PARIS A LONDRES. Circa 1899.
47x30 3/4 inches, 119 1/2x78 cm. Paul Dupont, Paris.
Condition B+: creases and staining in margins and image. Framed.
In an image rife with suggestion Pal advertises train travel between Paris and London. The incongruity of fresh, exotic fruits with the service being advertised suggests that Pal designed a generic image, that was chosen by the Western & Brighton Railway, as opposed to executing a commission specifically on their behalf.