Dec 15, 2011 - Sale 2266

Sale 2266 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) GRENOBLE / EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE HOUILLE BLANCHE & TOURISME. 1925.
42 1/4x31 inches, 107 1/2x79 cm. Lucien Serre, Paris.
Condition A: expertly restored punch-holes in right margin.
The International Exhibition of White Coal and Tourism, was held in Grenoble in 1925. "White Coal" was a term given to clean hydro-electric power, in contrast to power produced by burning black coal. The PLM added additional trains to accommodate visitors to the fair, over one million of whom visited during the course of the event. Broders p. 59B, Perry / Broders p. 43.