Rob Mallet-Stevens 1886–1945 St. Jean De-Luz vintage poster
Caption Brief: Having designed the Tourism Pavillion at the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels (the event from which the term Art Deco was coined), Mallet-Stevens was France’s foremost modern architect throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Here, he illustrates his design for La Pergola, a complex in a Côte Basque resort which he finished in 1924.
1928
62¼ h × 46¼ w in (158 × 117 cm)
Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Exhibited: Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration, 31 August 2025 - 29 March 2026, Sarasota Art Museum, Florida
Condition: Cond A-: with minor tears, creases, and touch-ups. Work has not been examined out of frame but is fully visible. Framed behind acrylic measuring 67.875 × 52 × 1.5 inches.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 297; PAI-LXI, 333
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Caption Brief: Having designed the Tourism Pavillion at the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels (the event from which the term Art Deco was coined), Mallet-Stevens was France’s foremost modern architect throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Here, he illustrates his design for La Pergola, a complex in a Côte Basque resort which he finished in 1924.
1928
62¼ h × 46¼ w in (158 × 117 cm)
Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Exhibited: Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration, 31 August 2025 - 29 March 2026, Sarasota Art Museum, Florida
Condition: Cond A-: with minor tears, creases, and touch-ups. Work has not been examined out of frame but is fully visible. Framed behind acrylic measuring 67.875 × 52 × 1.5 inches.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 297; PAI-LXI, 333
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