Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 94

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
RENE MICHAUD (DATES UNKNOWN) VILLARS - BRETAYE. 1920.
39 1/4x28 inches, 100x71 cm. Simplon, Lausanne.
Condition B+ / B: tears and creases at edges; pin holes in corners; staining in right margin. Paper.
The train ride up the Col de Bretaye, in Switzerland's Vaud Canton, was originally operated by two companies, the Bex-Gryon-Villars (BGV) Railway and the Villars-Bretaye (VB) line, both of whose rolling stock is seen in this image of a train pulling into its mountain terminus.