?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) WINTER SPORTS IN THE FRENCH ALPS. Circa 1929. 40x25 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x64 cm. Lucien Serre, Paris. Condition A. The Mont-Blanc railway is the highest altitude railway line in France, connecting St. Gervais with Nid d'Aigle (the Eagle's Nest). In the winter its steam engines would push passenger cars up the hill. The patterned sweater in this poster "is in fact modeled after one knit by Marguerite Broders" (Broders p. 11). Printed in two languages, this is the English version with smaller text appearing above Broders' signature. In the French version, the information appears in larger text as part of the poster's title. Broders p. 73 (var), Perry / Broders p. 73, Hillion p. 224 (var), Art of Skiing p. 46, Le Sport 174 (var), Sportissimo p. 159 (var), Affiches Chemin de Fer p. 180 (var).
