CHARLES - EDOUARD DERCHE (DATES UNKNOWN) AU MAROC. 1929. 39 1/4x24 1/4 inches, 99 1/2x61 1/2 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins; creases and restoration in image. "Derche was one of the first decorative artists to settle in Morocco. In 1932, he helped organise the Exposition des artistes decorateurs francais at the Pavillon de la Mamounia" (Orientalist p. 51). This is one of two posters he designed in 1929 promoting travel to Morocco. The poster originally bore the imprint of the PLM Railway. The images were also used with an additional line of text (and minus the railroad's logo), to advertise Aeropostale. This is a third, previously unrecorded variant, advertising travel on the Chemins des Fer de Paris a Orleans. Derche's style was similar to that of Jacques Majorelle. Air France p. 132 (var).
