Dec 16, 2009 - Sale 2200

Sale 2200 - Lot 27

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PAUL BERTHON (1872-1909) [SOCIÉTÉ DES AMIS DES ARTS DE LA MANCHE.] 1899.
35x25 inches, 89x63 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and creases at edges; horizontal fold; slightly faded. Framed.
A classic Berthon maiden, depicted in a patterned dress and lost in reverie amidst stylized vegetation. Although printed as a poster advertising an exhibition before it was issued without letters as a decorative panel, it is almost impossible to find a copy of the image with lettering. Arwas p. 122, DFP II 68.