Dec 15, 2011 - Sale 2266

Sale 2266 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) RENAULT BILLANCOURT (SEINE). Circa 1920.
30 1/2x45 3/4 inches, 77 1/2x116 cm. Courbet, Paris.
Condition B+ / B: restored losses and overpainting in margins and image; repaired tears and restoration in image.
In the years following the First World War, Renault re-tooled their factories from tank production to utility and farm vehicles. Broders designed two posters for the company (see lot 1), both printed by the same Parisian printer, Courbet. Broders p. 26, Perry / Broders p. 7.