Feb 05, 2004 - Sale 1995

Sale 1995 - Lot 342

Price Realized: $ 690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PAUL ORDNER MONT-REVARD / ECOLE DE SKI. Circa 1935.
38x241/4 inches. M. Dechaux, Paris.
Condition B: repaired tears and minor losses in margins; minor paper loss and staining along vertical and horizontal folds.
A ski racer in red is smiling while tearing down the pale green slope, snow flying out from under his skis, providing the impression of tremendous speed. Skiing at Mount Revard (in the Aix-les-Bains region), one of the oldest ski resorts in France, began around 1908. Hillion p. 226, Le Sport 201.