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JAMES HARLEY MINTER (DATES UNKNOWN)
111
•
BAL PAPILLON. 1931.
19
3
/
4
x14 inches, 50x35
1
/
2
cm. Crane Howard Litho Co.
Condition B+: sharp folds as issued. Addressee in crayon
The Kokoon Club was founded in 1911 by Carl Moellman and William Sommer, young American
artists inspired by the dadaist movement and similar avant-garde organizations in Europe. The club’s
yearly costume balls began 1913. This decadent, cubist-influenced image is an electric, microcosmic
view of Cleveland’s avant-garde artistic community. Presaging the psychedelic posters of the 1960s and
reflecting many of the concurrent graphic art trends in Europe, this poster, and the entire series for the
club’s yearly balls, are bright, bold and daring and stand out as exciting and innovative American
design. Each poster also served as an invitation to the event. Kokoon p. 3.
[2,000/3,000]