Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 216

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

ROBERT BONFILS (1886-1972)

LES ALPES. 1938.


38¾x49¼ inches, 98½x125 cm. Art Tourisme, Paris.
Condition A-: repaired tears in margins; minor creases in image.

Robert Bonfils worked as an illustrator, bookbinder, painter and decorator and was one of the most active French artists during the Art Deco period. This may be one of the earliest posters promoting travel on the newly formed SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais), as it officially combined all of the French train companies and went into operation in 1938.