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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JULIEN LACAZE (1886-1971)
LE LAC MAJEUR. Circa 1925.
41x30 3/4 inches, 104x78 cm. F. Champenois, Paris. Condition A-: minor creases and abrasions in margins and image; punch holes in left margin.
Views of the Isola Bella and Isola Pescatori in Lago Maggiore, seen from a sumptuous villa. Lacaze was a landscape painter who began designing posters for the French railway companies in 1910. His well-composed images are consistently colorful and detailed, often including local architectural or structural highlights, but rarely feature people. Working primarily for the Cornille & Serre printing house, his prodigious output includes images for the PLM, Chemins de fer de l'Etat, Chemins de fer de Midi and the Belgian Chemins de fer de Alsace et de Lorraine, among others. Lacaze belongs to a talented group of French Art Deco travel poster designers that includes Roger Soubie, Pierre Commarmond, Geo Dorival, Charles Hallo (Alo) and Constant Duval, whose works are recognized as the archetypal style of the era. Le Train s'Affiche p. 143.
