ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) "Golf de la Soukra Tunis." Poster produced by Vaugirard, Paris, 1932. 1028x628 mm; 40 1/2x24 3/4 inches. Linen-backed; framed.
Provenance: From the collection of Dick McDonough.
A joint effort between the French Railway and the Tunisian Tourist Authority to lure French golfers to the "bigger fields and vast open spaces" of Tunisia (The Orientalist Poster by Abdelaziz Ghozzi. Casablanca: Abderrahman Slaoui Foundation, 1997, page 69). Here, a local caddy wearing a fez, stands in the shade watching the progress of a round of golf with the Mediterranean in the distance.
Reproduced in: Voyages les Affiches de Roger Broders by Annie de Montry and Françoise Lepeuve (Paris: Syros-Alternatives, 1991, page 111); The Orientalist Poster by Abdelaziz Ghozzi (Casablanca: Abderrahman Slaoui Foundation, 1997, page 83); Roger Broders: Travel Posters / Affiches de Voyage by Israel Perry and Alain Weill (New York: Queen Art Publishers, Inc., 2002, page 89); Golf: The Golden Years by Sarah Baddiel (London: Studio Editions, Ltd., 1989, page 25); Tourism in Posters edited by Yukie Takeuchi (Osaka: Catalogue of the exhibition at the Suntory Museum, 1997, page 145); Great Golf Collections of the World by Dick McDonough and Peter Georgiady (Ridgeland, SC: Saron Press, Ltd., 2013, page 176).
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