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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SANDY-HOOK (GEORGES TABOUREAU, 1879-1960) INDOCHINE / CHARGEURS REUNIS. 38x24 inches, 96 1/2x61 cm. Heliochromie-Sadag, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins; faded. Framed. Formed in 1872 to operate a service between Le Havre and Brazil, Compagnie des Chargeurs Reunis began routes to Indo-China (a federation of French colonies including modern day Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma) in the early 1900s. Service continued until World War II when the loss of French Indo-China gradually forced the company to end passenger services. Throughout his career as a "ship portraitist," Sandy-Hook designed posters for 28 shipping and ship building companies.
