SANDY-HOOK (Georges Tabureau dit). - Lot 433

SANDY-HOOK (Georges Tabureau dit). Chargeurs Réunis. West Coast of Africa. 1930. Lithographic poster. N.R. Money - Paris. Folded, fair condition: paper marked, a few repaints in the blue background and the "R" for Africa. Small tears restored. Margins redone. 104 x 74 cm Bibliography: Daniel Hillion. Sandy-Hook. The most mysterious of marine painters. Editions Babouji - MDV Maîtres du Vent 2008. Page 115. Daniel Hillion. La Mer s'affiche. Editions Ouest-France. 1990. Pages 164 and 178. Les Chargeurs Réunis, a French steam shipping company, was founded in Le Havre in 1872. By 1898, its fleet comprised 35 ships. In 1891, they carried nearly 470,000 tons of goods and 13,600 passengers over 1 million nautical miles. They mainly linked Le Havre to the west coast of Africa, Brazil, Argentina and New York.