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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
ROBERT BONFILS (1886-1972) PARIS. 1925. 23x15 inches, 58 1/2x38 cm. Vaugirard, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tears, abrasions and discoloration in margins and image; restored losses and overpainting in corners and image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Robert Bonfils worked as an illustrator, bookbinder, painter and decorator and was one of the most active French artists in 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 that was one of the symbols of the exhibition. This is the smaller format. The image was also used on the cover of the exhibition catalogue. Weill 316, Delhayve p. 2.
