May 19, 2022 - Sale 2605

Sale 2605 - Lot 111

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

SUZANNE TRUITARD (1893-1986)

CAMEROUN / TROCADÉRO. 1935.


23 3/4x16 inches, 60 1/4x40 1/2 cm. De Vaugirard, Paris.
Condition A. Matted and framed.

Truitard's husband was a French Colonial administrator who served as Governor of Cameroon and then of La Réunion (a French-controlled island in the Indian Ocean). She designed a small handful of magazine covers and posters. This image promotes an exhibition at the Trocadero of the findings of Henri Labouret's mission to Cameroon.