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ROBERT BONFILS (1886-1972) PARIS - 1925 / EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES. 1925. 39 1/2x25 3/4 inches, 100 1/2x65 1/2 cm. Vaugirard, Paris. Condition B: expert extensive overpainting in margins and image; minor stains 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. As such, he received the commission to design one of four official posters to advertise the 1925 Parisian exhibition, from which the term Art Deco was derived (the following three lots show the other commissions). 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 that was one of the symbols of the exhibition. This is the larger format. Weill 316, Art Deco Graphics p. 2.
