MICHEL BOUCHAUD (1902-1965). LA FESTA COUNTRY CLUB MONTE CARLO. 1928. 46¼x30 inches, 117½

MICHEL BOUCHAUD (1902-1965)

LA FESTA COUNTRY CLUB MONTE CARLO. 1928.

46¼x30 inches, 117½x76¼ cm. Publicite Vox, Paris.
Condition B+: extensive replaced and overpainted loss in upper right corner and image; partially-replaced margins; repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds; colors attenuated.

The Monaco Championships were held at La Festa from 1922 to 1928. In January 1921, a 3-court tennis club was built on a garage roof, and named La Festa Country Club. The organization then moved to a new Art Deco facility with terraced courts lined with flowers; this newest iteration of La Festa Country Club was inaugurated in February 1928, in an event well-attended by royals, then was renamed the Monte-Carlo Country Club in December of that year. Bouchaud designed an equally Deco, but more well-known poster for La Plage de Monte Carlo in 1930. Rare. Le Tennis A l'Affiche np, Azur 370, Riviera 226.