JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964)
122
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BORDEAUX. 1937.
39x24 inches, 99x61 cm. Rousseau Freres, Bordeaux.
Condition B+ / A-: foxing and minor abrasions in image; restored pin holes in top corners.
Dupas was trained as an academic painter and became a successful graphic designer and interior
decorator. His style is the essence of refined and luxurious French Art-Deco, with a sophisticated, if
somewhat stiff elegance. Outside of the poster world, Dupas is largely remembered for his illustrations
for
Vogue
, the splendid brochures done for Max Furrier produced by Draeger, and his decorations for
the steamship
Normandie
(now at the MoMA). Within the poster world his most famous work was
for the
XVme Salon des Artistes Decorateurs
. He also designed posters for the fashion world both in
Paris and London, where he did work for the London Underground. In 1937, he designed this poster
for Bordeaux, his birth place, as a promotion for the city’s harbor, wine and monuments. The alluring,
Art-Deco, allegorical beauty most likely representing the Garonne (Bordeaux’s river), is literally
supporting the wonderment of all that Bordeaux has to offer. Weill, p. 188 no. 317, Reclame 98.
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