Dec 15, 2011 - Sale 2266

Sale 2266 - Lot 23

Price Realized: $ 4,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) LA CHAINE DU MONT - BLANC. L'AIGUILLE DU DRU. 1924.
42x30 3/4 inches, 106 1/2x78 cm. Cornille & Serre, Paris.
Condition A: expertly restored punch-holes in right margin.
A dramatic image of the "needle" of Dru, rising out of the Mont Blanc chain of mountains. In 1924, the same image (in different colors) was used on the cover of a French geography text book. This poster is Broders' only design that is definitively dated 1924. Alpi / Manifesti 70, Broders p. 67A, Perry / Broders p. 61.