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ROBERT BONFILS (1886-1972)
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PARIS - 1925 / EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS ET
INDUSTRIELS MODERNES. 1925.
39
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2
x25
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4
inches, 100
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2
x65
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cm. Vaugirard, Paris.
Condition B: expert extensive overpainting in margins and image; minor stains in image.
Robert Bonfils worked as an illustrator, bookbinder, painter and decorator and was one of the most
active French artists during the Art Deco period. As such, he received the commission to design one
of four official posters to advertise the 1925 Parisian exhibition, from which the term Art Deco was
derived (the following three lots show the other commissions). His image, in the style of a woodcut,
is a classical allegory of a young girl frolicking in the woods with a gazelle. Above them is a stylized
rose that was one of the symbols of the exhibition. This is the larger format. Weill 316, Art Deco
Graphics p. 2.
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