ROBERT BONFILS (1886-1972)
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PARIS - 1925 / EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS ET
INDUSTRIELS MODERNES. 1925.
38x24
3
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4
inches, 96
1
/
2
x63 cm. Vaugirard, Paris.
Condition B: repaired tears at edges; creases, abrasions, restoration and staining in margins and image.
Trimmed.
Robert Bonfils worked as an illustrator, bookbinder, painter and decorator and was one of the most
active French artists during the Art Deco period. As such, he received the commission to design one
of the four official posters to advertise the 1925 Parisian exhibition, from which the term Art Deco
was derived. His image, in the style of a woodcut, is a classical allegory of a young girl frolicking in
the woods with a gazelle. Above them is a stylized rose that was one of the symbols of the exhibition.
Weill 316.
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