Sale 8650
London, South Kensington
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3 February 2000
Price realised
GBP 748
Estimate
VIL, Emilio (1887-1967) VACCIN B.C.G. lithograph in colours, c.1928, printed by A. Delrieu, Paris, condition B; vertical and horizontal fold marks with corresponding defects, slight staining, backed on linen 31 x 23in. (78 x 60cm.)
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The nurse wears the red cross of Lorraine, the symbol of the 'Committe of Defense against Tuberculosis' who commissioned this poster.
On 6 and 7 of December Christie’s will offer almost 400 lots from a collection that includes works by Hals, Van Dyck, Leyster, Snyders and Jan Brueghel the Elder
Offered to benefit a new scholarship initiative from Bennington College, this work distils the unique form of abstraction for which the artist would become famous