May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 184

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
PAUL COLIN (1892-1986) PHILIPS.
31 3/8x23 1/4 inches. Henon, Paris.
Condition B+: restoration, restored losses and overpainting in margins; repaired tears in image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
The "Triumph of Quality" of Philips radios is being trumpeted to the world by a herald depicted as an allegory of music. Much like sound waves themselves, she is floating through the sky, evoked by the small clouds drifting by. Colin 179.