May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALFRED CARDINAUX (1905-?) CHEVROLET. 1932.
63x47 1/2 inches, 160x120 1/2 cm. D'Editions D'Art, Paris.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tears and restoration in margins; minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
Emil Cardinaux's nephew, Alfred, was an artist in his own right. Between 1929 and 1932 he was an Art Director in Paris at the Editions d'Art, where he designed some excellent posters for transportation and automobile companies. The elegant Art Deco stylization of this image is amplified by the neon sign in the background and the unseen spotlight illuminating the car in a brilliant white.