May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 128

Price Realized: $ 488
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
ERIC (RAOUL ERIC CASTEL, 1915-1997) TURBOTRAIN / PARIS - CAEN. 1972.
39x24 1/2 inches, 99x62 1/4 cm.
Condition A. Paper.
Eric's use of bold, bright colors and simple, often abstract images were a perfect combination for the advertisements of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, when he was in his heyday. He designed innovative posters for the French Railway in the 1960s and 70s, in which he was able to imply speed through the dynamic use of sharp colors. Train p. 157, Le Train p. 105.