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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968)
VENEZIA. 1951.
39 1/2x25 inches, 100 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Calcografia & Cartevalori, Milan. Condition A-: minor creases, repaired tears and pin holes at edges; small loss in top left corner.
In a style consistent with the stage designs from later in his career, Cassandre depicts a tranquil vista on a Venetian canal. Considered to be "his best tourist poster . . . the profile of the gondolier whose image is reflected in the water is harmoniously poetic. The image is vertically separated in two - on the right, a palace in the shade, and on the left, a luminous twilight. It is exquisite" (Cassandre / Weill p. 220). In 1954, this image was reissued with additional text at the bottom to promote a Graphic Industries conference in Venice. Mouron pl. 68 (var), Cassandre / Weill p. 222, Suntory 65, Travel Italia p. 63.
