May 23, 2019 - Sale 2510

Sale 2510 - Lot 80

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
JOSEP RENAU MONTORO (1907-1982) LAS ARENAS BALNEARIO PISCINA LUMINOSA. 1932.
39x27 inches, 99x68 1/2 cm. Graficas Valencia, Sevilla.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and creases at edges.
A striking, Modernist design for an illuminated swimming pool in which, curiously, the swimming pool itself isn't pictured. Instead, Renau focuses his attention on the pool's luminosity, which he represents with a fluorescent green glow from the bottom of the poster, bathing the figure and the diving platform with its light. Voyage p. 66, Weill 490, Poster Progress p. 62, Affiche Art Deco p. 226, Miroir 18, Reina Sofia p. 138.