Aug 01, 2001 - Sale 1903

Sale 1903 - Lot 377

Price Realized: $ 3,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WATERMAN. 1919.

38 1/4x29 1/4 inches. Vercasson, Paris.
Condition B+: tears, wrinkles, creases and slight discoloration in margins; creases and abrasions in image.
A woman in gray and red is sitting on a blue robe and holding a peace treaty, and all around her is abundance and growth. This ad for pens exemplifies the saying that "the pen is mightier than the sword", insofar as having signed the treaty of Versailles, Europe was now ready to get back on track and become self-sustaining and prosperous again.