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

ROGER SOUBIE (1898-1984) 121 c ROUTE DES PYRÉNÉES. Circa 1930. 41x29 1 / 2 inches, 104x75 cm. E. Baudelot, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tears, replaced losses, creases and abrasions inmargins; slight darkening from varnish in image. Soubie, who went on to become a prolific designer of movie posters, began his career working for the French railway companies. These early posters are marked by their “chromatic audacity and the finesse of his drawing . . . his talent is expressed in a colorful and bold palette” (Pyrenees p. 158). rare . Not in Pyrenees. [800/1,200] PIERRE COMMARMOND (1897-1983) 122 c LA ROUTE DES PYRÉNÉES / LA COTE VERMEILLE. Circa 1930. 41 1 / 4 x29 1 / 2 inches, 104 3 / 4 x75 cm. Lucien Serre & Cie, Paris. ConditionA-: repaired tears, creases and abrasions inmargins; repaired pin holes in corners; punch holes in right margin. Commarmond “expressed in his creations a great concern for topographical exactitude and handled the gouache, his technique of predilection, withmastery. His landscapes are superb without being grandiloquent” (Pyrenees p. 156-7). Pyrenees p. 112. [800/1,200] PIERRE COMMARMOND (1897-1983) 123 c LA ROUTE DES PYRÉNÉES. Circa 1925. 41 1 / 4 x29 1 / 2 inches, 104 3 / 4 x75 cm. Lucien Serre & Cie, Paris. ConditionA-: repaired tears, creases and abrasions inmargins; repaired pin holes in corners; punch holes in right margin. Pyrenees p. 34. [1,000/1,500] 121 122