Lot 31
£1,008
Auction: 27 October 2022 at 19:00 BST
lithographic poster, 1957, condition A; not backed
Note: In the 1960’s, President Charles de Gaulle, in the act of promoting France and French culture, appointed Andre Malraux as the Minister of Cultural Affairs. Malraux, who was a novelist and an art historian as well as a fervent supporter of de Gaulle, commissioned a series of lithographic posters by well known artists to promote French culture around the world.
Many of the artists, if not French themselves, were active in France. Most of the artists (or the artist’s estates) agreed to have the best lithographers (mostly Charles Sorlier and Henri Deschamps) make faithful lithographic copies of their paintings.
These lithographic posters were produced by the world-renowned lithographic printers – Mourlot of Paris.
The current owner's father collected them at the time of the printing and has kept them flat and away from the light for 60 years.