Printer: Mourlot

Dimensions: 69 x 49 cm

Condition: Good condition. Linen backed.

Frame: Framed in oak.

Description: Original lithographic exhibition poster produced for the Raoul Dufy retrospective at the Musée des Ponchettes in Nice, held from 23 March to 15 May 1954, the year following the artist’s death. Printed in Paris by the renowned Atelier Mourlot.

The poster reproduces Dufy’s Feu d’Artifice à Nice (Fireworks in Nice), a vibrant celebration of the city and the Côte d’Azur. With its palm trees, waterfront architecture and animated figures beneath a night sky, the composition captures the colour, movement and joie de vivre for which Dufy’s work became celebrated.

Created specifically to advertise the 1954 exhibition, this is an original period poster rather than a later reproduction.

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.