Apr 21, 2005 - Sale 2039

Sale 2039 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 862
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
PAUL COLIN ETRENNES. Circa 1935.
221/2x141/2 inches. Chambre Syndicate les Libraires de France.
Condition A-: repaired tear in left margin; creases in image. Matted and Framed.
Colin had some experience designing posters to promote book publishing and this small image for the Union of French Booksellers features a similar graphic conceit to some of the others (see the Chassaing Collection, Swann Auction #1978, lot 57.) A simple and efficient image, with books stacked or floating, against a dark background, being presented as the perfect "Etrennes" (New Year's Gift).