Lot 363
ALEXEY BRODOVITCH (1898-1971)
'SOLDES', STUDY FOR A POSTER, CIRCA 1925
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
watercolour and collage, stamped initials A.B and dated in pen (lower left)
Dimensions
31.5cm x 49cm
Provenance
Provenance: Lords Gallery, London
John Jesse, London
Andrew McIntosh Patrick, 2005, thence by descent to the present owner.
Footnote
Exhibited: Lords Gallery, London, 1966
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Deco Exhibition, 1971, no.1002.
Literature: Hillier, Bevis, Art Deco, 1968, London: Studio Vista Limited, p.143, illustrated
Hillier, Bevis, The World of Art Deco, catalogue of an exhibition held at Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1971, no.1002.
Note: Alexey Brodovitch was an American magazine art director, graphic designer, and photographer. Born in Russia he moved to Paris in the 1920s and then to New York in 1930. He was hired by Harper’s Bazaar magazine in 1934 and went on to revolutionize American magazine design.