Printer: Mourlot

Dimensions: 64.5 x 48cm

Condition: Good condition, some wear and tear as seen in the image.

Frame: Framed in oak.

Description: This Lithographic poster was created for an exhibition of paintings at Galerie Louis Carre, Paris.

The poster features one of Dufy’s lively military band compositions, a recurring subject that allowed the artist to combine movement, spectacle and colour. Musicians, drums and French tricolour flags fill the composition in rhythmic passages of red, blue and black, capturing the sense of celebration and animation characteristic of Dufy’s later work.

Produced during Dufy’s lifetime to advertise the 1952 exhibition, this is an original period lithographic poster and a particularly vibrant example of his collaboration with Mourlot.

Artist: Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was a French painter, draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator and designer associated with the fauvist movement. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre and Paris. His first exhibition was in 1901. He painted recreational scenes including horse races and regattas and his colourful, decorative style was fashionable for ceramics and textile designs. He completed one of the largest public paintings for the La Fée Electricité for the 1937 Exposition Internationale in Paris. It is on display in the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.