ROBERT BONFILS (1886-1972) PARIS - 1925 / EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES. Poster and proof before lettering. 1925. Each approximately 39x25 1/2 inches, 99x64 3/4 cm. Vaugirard, Paris. Condition varies, generally B+: restoration at edges; staining in margins and image; darkened overall. Robert Bonfils worked as an illustrator, bookbinder, painter and decorator, and was one of the most active French artists during the Art Deco period. As such, he received the commission to design one of the four official posters to advertise the 1925 Parisian exhibition, from which the term "Art Deco" was derived. His image, in the style of a woodcut, is a classical allegory of a young girl frolicking in the woods with a gazelle. Above them is a stylized rose which was one of the symbols of the exhibition. This is the larger format. Weill 316, Art Deco Graphics p. 2.
