Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

LÉON PRINTEMPS (1871-1945) 117 c EXCURSIONS AUX ÎLES DE L’OCÉAN. 1923. 41 1 / 4 x29 1 / 4 inches, 104x74 1 / 4 cm. Chaix, Paris. Condition A-: repaired tears, minor restored losses, creases and restoration in margins; folds in upper right corner through image. [800/1,200] 117 118 ROBERT BOULLIER (DATES UNKNOWN) 118 c VOYAGES À PRIX RÉDUITS / NORMANDIE BRETAGNE. 1905. 43 1 / 4 x31 1 / 4 inches, 110x79 1 / 2 cm. F. Champenois, Paris. Condition B+: tears and tape-repaired tears at edges, some into image; creases and abrasions in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; minor loss at lower right edge; ink stamp in upper right image. Paper. Boullier did work for various French Railway companies in the early years of the twentieth century, including the Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest, Chemin de Fer du Nord and Chemin de Fer de Paris, Lyon, Méditerranée. His work was more painterly than many of the artists who followed in his footsteps in the 1920s and 30s. From the Julius Paul Collection, with the Albertina stamp and pencil-written inventory number on verso. [700/1,000]