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Lampe ‘Sirius.’

Sold for $1,300 at Poster Auctions International Inc on Mar 20, 2022.

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ARTIST: GUS BOFA (Gustave Blanchot, ?-1968) SIZE: 54 1/2 x 76 1/2 in./138.5 x 194.4 cm PRINTER: Imp. Ch. Verneau, Paris DESCRIPTION: This is not your standard issue “Beautiful People” Romeo and Juliet to be sure, but Bofa’s cleverly illuminated vision for Sirius light bulbs reveals the star-crossed pair in an irreverently humorous light. Bofa, son of an Army colonel, was a colorful personality with a checkered career—from infantryman to metallurgical engineer—who inexplicably and suddenly drifted to humorous drawings and caricature. His incisive, witty work was so good that he became a member of the editorial staff of Le Rire, Le Sourire, La Petite Semaine, and La Baionnette; together with printer Devambez, he founded the Salon de Araignée, a haven for independent artists. This is the larger, two-sheet format. (Art Nouveau; Technology)

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