Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) VISIT INDIA / MUTTRA. 1928.
39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm. Lucien Serre & Cie., Paris.
Condition B+: expertly-repaired tear from top edge into upper image; expertly-repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins, some affecting image.
The ancient city of Muttra is revered by Hindus as the birthplace of Krishna and considered one of the most important centers of Indian art. This is one of three posters Broders designed for travel in India. Here, the poster is promoting travel on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Broders p. 108A, Perry / Broders p. 95, Tourism 179.