H. GRAY (HENRI BOULANGER, 1858-1924)
5
●
PETROLE STELLA. 1897.
51x39
1
/
2
inches, 129
1
/
2
x100
1
/
4
cm. Courmont Freres, Paris.
Condition B+: tears and repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; creases and punch holes in margins;
vertical and horizontal folds; tape on verso. Paper.
In the late 1890s, Gray designed a number of posters which were substantially different from most
other posters being designed at the time. They each presented scantily-clad women, or winged faeries,
afloat in the cosmos with the products being advertised. The progressive designs exuded more of a
science fiction and fantasy feeling than anything close to the prevailing Art Nouveau style; with
Phoebus ,Cycles Sirius and Cycles Briliant advertising bicycles, and this image for lamp oil. DFP-II
421, Affichomanie 116.
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