Apr 24 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2702 -

Sale 2702 - Lot 39

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

MAX PONTY (1904-1972)

MOTOS AUTOMOTO. Circa 1930.

47x31¾ inches, 119½x80½ cm. Hachard & Cie, Paris.
Condition A-: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; minor creases and repaired tears at edges.

This rare design by Max Ponty is a futuristic photomontage for the French motorcycle manufacturer Automoto. It contrasts the appeal of the photographed bike against the angular, oversize art deco face of the biker, whose goggles perfectly reflect an expanse of open road (suspiciously similar to the tree-lined thoroughfare in Cassandre's La Route Bleue, 1929). (Crouse p. 63).

Crouse p. 63.
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