Dec 15, 2011 - Sale 2266

Sale 2266 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) VISIT INDIA / MUTTRA. 1928.
39 1/4x25 inches, 100x63 1/2 cm. Lucien Serre, Paris.
Condition A-: minor restoration in margins and corners; text banner affixed over white diamond at right.
The ancient city of Muttra is revered by Hindus as the birthplace of Krishna and is one of the important centers of Indian art. This is one of three posters Broders designed for travel in India. Here, specifically, the poster is promoting travel on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the Great India Peninsula Railway. Broders p. 108A, Perry / Broders p. 95.