Nov 11, 2002 - Sale 1951

Sale 1951 - Lot 18

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
TRIPOLI. Circa 1930.
39 1/2x24 1/4 inches. Sten, Turin.
Condition A-: creases through top right corner; wrinkles at edges. Paper.
Immortalized in the words of the U.S. Marine hymn, this North African city is the second largest city in Lebanon. The majority of posters advertising tourism in Africa were French, as Africa was a French Colony. This poster is an unusual variant in that it was printed in Italy for the Italian Railroads. English version. Orientalist p. 92 (var).