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RENÉ RAVO (1904-1998)
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LE PARISIEN LIBÉRÉ. Circa 1945.
14
1
/
2
x10
3
/
4
inches, 36
3
/
4
x27
1
/
4
cm. Vox Publicité,
Paris.
Condition A. Paper. Matted and framed.
Ravo was a prolific poster designer in the post-war
years, who followed the modern trends of
commercial graphic design. During the German
occupation of Paris in the Second World War,
all free French press had to cease publication.
When the city was liberated, the newspaper
Le
Parisien
used this symbolic image to announce
their liberation as well. The poster depicts a
huge tri-color flame within the silhouette of a
newspaper emerging from the base of the Arc
d’Triomphe, where an unknown soldier is
buried. This is the smaller format.
[600/900]
DESIGNER UNKNOWN
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JOURNEÉ NATIONALE DE L’AIR.
1932.
30
3
/
4
x22
3
/
4
inches, 78x57
3
/
4
cm. I.F.R., Paris.
Condition B+: foxing, staining, creases and
abrasions in margins and image; separating from
linen at lower left corner.
This image was used at various times through
the 1930s to promote a fundraising air show
to raise money for wounded pilots. While the
image and text remained the same, the date
changed for the different events. The concept
of red, white and blue planes seems to have
been first used in 1927 in posters designed by
R. de Valerio and Jean Chassaing to help recruit
new pilots to the French Air Force. This is the
larger format.
[1,200/1,800]
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