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JEAN GABRIEL DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
L'HIVER Á MONTE - CARLO. 1937.
38 1/4x24 1/2 inches, 97 1/4x62 1/4 cm. Lucien Serre & Cie., Paris. Condition B+: expert restoration throughout image and text; replaced losses, minor repaired tears and slight overpainting over abrasions in image; small loss in left image; colors attenuated.
Domergue dedicated his working life to the elegant quotidian worlds of French society. Dividing his time between Paris, Deauville and the Riviera, he designed works for performers and fashion balls. This is one of a seasonal pair of images promoting the chic, Monaco destination that "sought to conjure up reverie, magic, luxury . . . with their slender, elegant ladies and graceful compositions (Azur p. 184). His L'Été á Monte-Carlo poster depicts two bathing beauties with the caption, "The most beautiful women in the world." Here, a lithe and fashionable couple promenade by the Monte-Carlo Bay on their way "to a gala evening on a night when the stars merge with the lights of the city and their reflections in the sea" (ibid). The text, which doesn't appear on all the variations of this poster, almost unnecessarily explains that the chic people winter down on the Cote d'Azur. In other words, Europe's rich and famous don't only spend their summers on the Riviera, they also spend their winters there. Azur 211, Riviera 101.
