Feb 12, 2015 - Sale 2373

Sale 2373 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) LA CHAINE DU MONT - BLANC. L'AIGUILLE DU DRU. 1924.
42 1/2x31 inches, 108x78 3/4 cm. Cornille & Serre, Paris.
Condition A: restored punch holes in right margin.
A dramatic image of the "needle" of Dru, rising out of the Mont Blanc chain of mountains. In 1924, the same image (in different colors) was used on the cover of a French geography text book. This poster is Broders' only design that is definitively dated 1924. Alpi / Manifesti 70, Broders p. 67A, Perry / Broders p. 61.