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ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
65
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EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS
MODERNES. 1925.
24x15
1
/
2
inches, 61x39
1
/
4
cm. Crete, Paris.
Condition B: extensive expert overpainting in margins and text; unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.
Three of the four official posters that were commissioned to announce the 1925 Art Deco exhibition
were designed by promising young artists with established credentials within the graphic design world
(Robert Bonfils, Andre Girard and Charles Loupot). The fourth commission was given to Bourdelle,
an older sculptor at the peak of his career, who was considered to be one of the most important of all
living French artists. The title of his painting for the poster,
By Labor and by Genius,
and the image
itself both indicate his bourgeois academic background and his connection to the 19th century
“official” French art world. This is the smaller format.
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