Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
S. BESSE (DATES UNKNOWN) LE SUD ALGÉRIEN / NUIT SAHARIENNE. Circa 1930.
39 1/2x24 1/4 inches, 100 1/4x61 1/2 cm. Bacconnier, Alger.
Condition A / A-: repaired tears at edges; creases and abrasions in image.
A moody and evocative scene of a man and his camel watching a train pass by an oasis at night. A sense of serenity pervades this image of the "Saharan Night," courtesy of the Algerian train service through the desert.