May 19, 2022 - Sale 2605

Sale 2605 - Lot 97

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

FRANCIS BERNARD (1900-1979)

BLACK AND DECKER. 1930.


61 1/2x46 inches, 156 1/4x116 3/4 cm. Paul-Martial, [Paris.]
Condition B: replaced losses and overpainting in margins and top right corner; extensive repaired tear at top right, into central image; repaired tears at edges; bleached spots in upper image. Framed.

Francis Bernard was a member of the U.A.M. (Union des Artistes Modernes) along with A.M. Cassandre, Jean Carlu, Charles Loupot and Paul Colin. Although he is the least known of the five, he was, in fact, a pioneer of photomontage in France, as well as the first of the group to work as a full-time art director for the printer Paul Martial. This is the German version. Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 87.