Feb 09, 2006 - Sale 2066

Sale 2066 - Lot 330

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
PAUL ORDNER MONT-REVARD / ECOLE DE SKI. Circa 1935.
39x241/4 inches. M. Dechaux, Paris.
Condition B: sharp vertical and horizontal folds; restored tears at edges; minor losses in image.
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.