Cote D'Azur Pullman Express Original French Travel Poster
- 1929
- Pierre Fix-Masseau (1905-1994)
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24 x 39 inches ~ (60 x 99 cm)$12,225
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Fix-Masseau was an assistant in Cassandre's studio at the end of the 1920s. While working there, he studied Cassandre's style and techniques. In this Art Deco masterpiece, one of the most iconic of train posters, Fix-Masseau borrows liberally from the work of Cassandre. With text framing the image and a tiny distant focal point from which both the train and the tracks emerge, one is instantly reminded of Cassandre's Nord Express. Giving his own disticnt to from Cassandre's imagery, Fix-Masseau has the train rushing toward the viewer, not away, and the mountains alongside the train echo the wafting smoke from the locomotive's funnel.
Fabulous A Condiiton.
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