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JEAN DUPAS (1882-1964) XVME SALON DES ARTISTES DECORATEURS. 1924. 47x31 1/4 inches, 119 1/2x79 1/2 cm. M. Chachoin, Paris. Condition B+ / B: restored losses at edges; repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; skinning in margins. One year before the watershed exhibition of Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes from which the Art Deco movement took its name, the Art Deco style was thriving in the work of Jean Dupas. Dupas was trained as an academic painter and became a successful graphic designer and interior decorator. His style embodies the essence of refined and luxurious French Art Deco, with a sophisticated elegance. His work is unique among his peers (he was the leader of a group of Mannerist Art Deco artists in Bordeaux) because of his rendition of extraordinary women with elongated necks, sophisticated layers of shadows, Baroque costumes and minimal use of color. Outside of the poster world, he is largely remembered for his illustrations for Vogue, the splendid brochures for Max Furrier produced by Draeger, and his decorations for the renowned ocean liner, the Normandie. Andy Warhol "collected works by many [Art Deco] artists, especially the work of Jean Dupas. Perhaps the flatness of Dupas' work attracted Warhol in its relationship to the surfaces of the paintings of the Pop Art movement" (Possession Obsession p. 64). This is the large format. Art Deco Graphics p. 112.
