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DRYDEN -- ERNEST DEUTSCH (1883-1939) CHAMPAGNE DEVAUX. 1938. 61x451/4 inches. Joseph-Charles, Paris. Condition A-; minor repaired tears in margins; vertical and horizontal folds. Born in Vienna, Dryden's career followed two different paths, both of which lead to great success. His early career was spent in Berlin prior to the First World War, where he designed elegant posters for fashionable restaurants and cabarets, all published by the prominent printer Hollerbaum & Schmidt. From 1926-1933 he lived in Paris (and had already changed his name to Dryden).Ultimately he fled Europe in the face of the growing Nazi threat before the Second World War, and settled in Hollywood, California where he became a top stage and costume designer for the movie industry. While living in Paris he worked for the fashion magazine Le Dame and received commissions from prestigious companies like Bugatti and Cinzano. His art at this time was markedly different from his earlier, German work, in that he adopted a highly sophisticated Art Deco style. Here, for a small Champagne company he depicts a gentleman in tails, lighting a cigar in front of an oversized champagne glass. The typography is similar to that which he used for his magazine work and for Cinzano in 1927 and 1928, including the spectacular "A". Art Deco, p. 57.
