Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

SEYLER (DATES UNKNOWN)

CUBA / HOLIDAY ISLES OF THE TROPICS. Circa 1950.


33 3/4x22 1/2 inches, 85 3/4x57 cm. Compania Litograficia de la Habana, Havana.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and restoration at edges; minor overpainting at right margin.

The motif of capturing an area's diverse tourist attractions within the outline of a figure is reminiscent of Sascha Maurer's poster for the New Haven Railroad (see Lot 215). But here, in this scarce pre-Castro image, the destination is made more alluring, as the contours are those of a sunbathing young lady whose posterior is modestly concealed by a discreetly-placed straw hat.