Dec 15, 2011 - Sale 2266

Sale 2266 - Lot 93

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) GOLF DE LA SOUKRA TUNIS. 1932.
39 1/2x24 1/2 inches, 100 1/2x62 1/2 cm. Vaugirard, Paris.
Condition A: minor restoration along top edge.
A joint effort between the French Railway and the Tunisian Tourist Authority to lure French golfers to the "bigger fields and vast open spaces" (Orientalist p. 69) of Tunisia. Here, a local caddy wearing a fez, is standing in the shade watching the progress of a round of golf with the Mediterranean in the distance. Broders p. 111, Perry / Broders p. 89, Golf p. 25, Orientalist p. 83.