Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 1,170
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
RENÉ MÉRY (DATES UNKNOWN) LE HAVRE PORT AUTONOME.
39 1/4x24 1/2 inches, 99 3/4x62 1/4 cm. Bedos & Cie., Paris.
Condition A-: minor restoration in margins; minor abrasions and scratches in image.
Although he was a rather exceptional late-Art Deco era designer, scant information exists about the life of Méry. He is known to have designed fewer than half a dozen posters, each of which displays his dexterity with the Art Deco style.