Aug 02, 2006 - Sale 2085

Sale 2085 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 1,725
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SEM (GEORGES GOURSAT) MONTE CARLO BEACH.
31 1/4x47 1/4 inches. Draeger, Paris.
Condition A. Framed.
The rolling pink hills of the Riviera, the shore-side hotels and buildings and an ocean liner provide a realistic backdrop for this fantasy holiday scene in which "Paradise is Recovered." Adam and Eve are back and this time they are waterskiers! Wearing nothing but a grass skirt, she is holding her tempting red apple aloft, while he, in a brown hide, is holding the tow rope. Even the evil serpent reappears here, in green and yellow, accompanying them in the deep blue ocean on their holiday jaunt; lettering in green and red.