Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 1,348
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BERNARD VILLEMOT (1911-1989) PARIS / AIR FRANCE. 1967.
39x24 5/8 inches. Courbet, Paris.
Condition A.
Known primarily for his bold modern designs created for the Bally shoe company, Villemot was a prolific artist, who created posters across many different fields, including movies, travel, cigarettes, the lottery, Orangina, suntan lotion, Perrier and much more. He designed several posters for Air France, but this one is a charming, atmospheric nighttime scene of Paris, with her major landmarks emerging from the verdant background. Villemot 207.