Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

PIERRE COMMARMOND (1897-1983) 119 c VERNET LES BAINS. Circa 1925. 39 1 / 4 x24 inches, 99 3 / 4 x61 cm. Lucien Serre & Cie, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tear from upper edge into image; archival tape on verso; tears, creases and abrasions in margins; pin holes in corners. Paper. Commarmond was a painter who is best remembered for his plethora of colorful, gently-stylized travel posters designed for the French railways in the 1920s and 30s. His combination of realistic detail, graphic embellishment and bright palette help place his work on par with that of Roger Broders and Roger Soubie. After the Second World War he became the director of the Chaix printing house. Hillion p. 48, Pyrenees p. 107. [700/1,000]