Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
JOSEP RENAU-MONTORO (1907-1982) LAS ARENAS. Circa 1932.
39 1/4x27 inches, 99 3/4x68 1/2 cm. Graficas Valencia, Sevilla.
Condition A / A-: minor abrasions and restoration 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 near-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.