May 10, 2016 - Sale 2414

Sale 2414 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 1,235
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
RAYMOND SAVIGNAC (1907-2002) YOU GET INFORMATION OUT OF LIFE. 1954
46x59 inches, 117x150 cm.
Condition B: foxing, water staining and discoloration in right margin and image; staining in top margin; tears and minor losses at edges; sharp creases in margins and image; metal grommets in corners. Mounted on Chartex.
Raymond Savignac was one of the most successful and influential poster designers of the post-war period and the inventor of the "visual gag" concept of advertising. His style, which incorporated funny visuals, bright colors and deceptively simple, almost childlike drawing, struck a tremendous chord in Post-War France. From a series of 12. Savignac pp. 420-424, International Poster Annual 1956 no. 505.