Suzanne Dumond-Letorey (20th century)

Return of the coolies of the Djibouti saltworks 'Retour des coolies des salines de Djibouti'

细节

Suzanne Dumond-Letorey (20th century)
Return of the coolies of the Djibouti saltworks
'Retour des coolies des salines de Djibouti'
signed and dated lower right Dumond-Letorey./1939
oil on canvas
60 x 92.5 cm

展览

Paris, Salon de la Société des Artistes Franais, 1939, no. 974.
Paris, Salon de la Société des Artistes Franais, 1942, no. 118.

拍场告示

Please note that this lot has been exhibited only in 1939

拍品专文

The collecting and the exportation of sea salt was one of the few industries of Djibouti, then the capital of French Somaliland, on the north-east coast of the Horn of Africa. The salt came principally from Lake Assal, a maritime enclave below sea level, isolated during seismic upheavals.