46 1/2x30 1/4 inches, 118x77 cm. DAM Publicité, Paris. Condition B+: creases and rippling in margins and image; minor abrasions and small stains in image; water-staining along mat at bottom edge; horizontal folds. Matted and framed.
Marton was a Hungarian artist who spent some time in Paris in the late-1920s and early-1930s working for DAM, the advertising agency owned by the Damour brothers. The brothers also owned the magazine Vendre, which they used as a vehicle to tirelessly promote modern graphic design and advertising. All of Marton's posters, in pure, French Art Deco style, were for bicycle, car or motorcycle companies. In 1928, he designed his first poster for Peugeot motorcycles, which was rendered in a manner similar to Charles Loupot's dynamic style. For this poster, two years later, he employed photography, using a head-on collage of the motorcycle set dramatically along the diagonal of the image. His use of photomontage is very sophisticated, as is his placement of the lion's head (the emblem of the company) within a stylized circle.
