May 03, 2018 - Sale 2476

Sale 2476 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 1,690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ROBERT FALCUCCI (1900-1989) HUILE ENERGOL. 1935.
59 3/4x44 1/2 inches, 151 3/4x113 cm. Bedos & Cie, Paris.
Condition B: extensive repaired tears, creases and abrasions at edges and in image; unevenly trimmed margins. Framed.
Falcucci's career spanned multiple decades and several thematic milieus, but many of his best works were for automobile companies such as Renault, Peugeot, Fiat and Lincoln. He began designing car racing posters for the Monaco Grand Prix in 1930, and went on to design travel posters and images for Air France. His later work is punctuated by bright, near-fluorescent colors. rare. We could not find another copy at auction in over 20 years.