MUNETSUGU SATOMI (1900-1995)
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COTE D’AZUR. 1934.
39x24 inches, 99x61 cm. Le Novateur, Paris.
Condition A / A-: creases in image. Framed.
Japanese-born Satomi moved to Paris in 1922, where he studied at the École des Beaux Arts. For a
short period of time he worked as an assistant to Cassandre in his studio. This experience, combined
with his own strong sense of design, helped him gain commissions in both France and Japan. A
powerful, Machine Age image of a train seen from above, emerging from the darkness and rushing
towards a bright yellow sunburst en route to the Riviera. Intriguingly, this is one of the very few posters
for the Cote d’Azur that does not depict any of the blue sea from which the area derives its name.
Riviera 11, Zagrodzki 279.
[1,500/2,000]
