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ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929) EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES. 1925. 23 1/2x15 3/4 inches, 60x40 cm. Crete, Paris. Condition A-: minor creaes and tears at edges; tape on verso; pinholes in corners. Paper. 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.
