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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 124

Documents
France
Gaston Marechaux
1920 (c.) poster-style design (19½ x 25½ inches) featuring a monocled man in house wear holding a glass in his hand, in a very happy mood, one carpet slipper is falling off, signed in the margin. Also a similar work showing an elderly gentleman, rather garishly dressed in green frock coat and boots in an outdoor scene at night, holding a glass and with a happy expression on his face and in his movement; not signed. Apparently neither design has been commercially used as in each case, the glass has been left unpainted. (2)

Marechaux (1872-c.1936) was a graphic artist who created work for advertising, children’s books, posters, prints, and postcards in a lively fanciful style. During the First World War he produced charity cards using children as subjects in a lighthearted yet bittersweet fashion.

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