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DESIGNER UNKNOWN. L'ALGÉRIE ET LA TUNISIE. Circa 1910. 41x27 inches, 105x70 cm. Charles Verneau, Paris.

DESIGNER UNKNOWN L'ALGÉRIE ET LA TUNISIE. Circa 1910.
41 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 105 1/2x70 cm. Charles Verneau, Paris.
Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image. Mounted on linen to foam board. Framed.
A ship is pulling in to the Bay Of Algiers and fashionable passengers, both young and old, are on deck relishing the exotic cityscape before them. Accompanying the image is a poem by Auguste Dorchain, "Far from sadness, far from the mists, / Among the blue water and blue sky / Take me, steam ship / To the land of fiery suns." Train 155, La Mer p. 63, Suez p. 25.

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