Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 90

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) LA CHAINE DU MONT BLANC. 1924.
42x30 1/4 inchs, 100 3/4x70 3/4 cm. Cornille & Serre, Paris.
Condition B / B+: expertly restored left and right margins; restord losses in lower left corner and left margin, affecting text and image; restoration in margins and image.
A dramatic image of the "needle" of Dru, rising out of the Mont Blanc chain of moutnains. In 1924 the same image (in different colors) was used on the cover of a French geography text book. Perry / Borders p. 61, Broders p. 67.