May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

PIERRE FIX-MASSEAU (1905-1994)

JEUX PARIS / UNIVERSITAIRES INTERNATIONAUX. 1928.


42x29¾ inches, 106¾x75½ cm. L. Danel Lille, Paris.
Condition A- / B+: slight time-staining at edges; minor repaired tears, creases and abrasions at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds.

Pierre Fix-Masseau was the son of French sculptor Pierre Félix Masseau, and a student of A.M. Cassandre. Fix-Masseau gleaned some of the Art Deco influences of Cassandre, especially in his portrayals of locomotives and automobiles, and adapted these elements into his own style of poster design.