ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968)
126
●
“L’ATLANTIQUE.” 1931.
39
1
/
4
x24
1
/
2
inches, 99
3
/
4
x62
1
/
4
cm. Alliance Graphique, Paris.
Condition B+: minor restoration along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; streaking in image; minor
discoloration along upper left edge; mounted on linen, which is mounted on board.
L’Atlantique
is often compared to Cassandre’s
Normandie
(which he designed 4 years later, in 1935).
“Indeed these two posters share a specifically modern approach to the picturesque” (Mouron p. 66).
“The composition uses a rectangle in the center of the poster. This gives a strong sense of security and
a sense of power to the scene . . . smoke rises from a tugboat and crosses with the smoke from the ship’s
smokestack so that smoke spirals around the hull of the ship, and the eyes are drawn to the boat”
(Cassandre / Suntory p. 90). Mouron 34, Cassandre / Tokyo 45, Cassandre / Suntory 66, Cassandre /
Weill p. 49.
[20,000/30,000]
