May 03, 2018 - Sale 2476

Sale 2476 - Lot 104

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
LAJOS MARTON (1891-1952) SOUTHERN - RAILWAY / PARIS OVERNIGHT. 1938.
39x24 inches, 99x61 cm. Alliance Graphique, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses, creases and restoration at edges, some affecting image. Framed.
Marton was a Hungarian artist who spent some time in Paris in the late-1920s and 1930s working for DAM, the advertising agency owned by the Damour brothers. The brothers also owned the magazine Vendre, which they used as a vehicle to tirelessly promote modern graphic design and advertising. rare. We have not found a copy at auction in over 20 years.