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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968)
ALGERIE TUNISIE MAROC / S.A.G.A. 1927.
43 1/4x28 3/4 inches, 109 3/4x73 cm. Hachard & Cie., Paris. Condition A-: minor repaired tears in margins; minor creases in margins and image.
Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement (S.A.G.A.) specialized in sending freight to Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, which belonged to the French Colonial Empire in 1927. Cassandre cleverly uses the black hull of a moored ship as the background to make a brightly-colored packing crate stand out even more vibrantly. The crate itself is subject to the standard through excellent tricks of perspective that were among Cassandre's visual calling cards. The sides of the crate fade diagonally, creating a 3-dimensional impression. The overall treatment is geometric, although the artist hasn't yet achieved the purity of the more classic steamship images still to come. Mouron 8, Suntory 68, Reina Sofia p. 158, Cassandre / Weill 47, Schip & Affiche 44, La Mer p. 187.
