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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
A. M. CASSANDRE (ADOLPHE MOURON, 1901-1968) S.S. "CÔTE D'AZUR" / CHEMIN DE FER DU NORD. 1931. 39x24 1/2 inches. L. Danel, Lille. Condition B-: restored losses, restoration, repaired tears and overpainting in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. 1931 was a turning point in Cassandre's vision of steamships. Up until then he had focused on individual design components of the boats, such as their funnels and airshafts. Beginning with l'Atlantique, Cassandre began to concentrate on the ships as a whole. Cote d'Azur is the last of the "chimney series." He depicts the boat from the side, cutting off the prow and the stern and focusing only on the center, with the funnel, lifeboat, airshaft, and railing. Cassandre's expert use of airbrush to represent the smoke and the sky creates volume within the different elements of the ship and establishes excellent atmosphere. As he did for the majority of his posters for the Chemins de fer du Nord, Cassandre runs the typography around the outside of the image. Mouron pl. 35, Suntory 72, p. 96, Reina Sophia p. 173, Schip & Affiche p. 147.
