Original 1930 Bermond BANDOL 160x120cm French Art Deco Travel Poster Riviera For Sale

ORIGINAL 1930 FRENCH ART DECO TRAVEL POSTER\"BANDOL -Le Casino Municipal\" byAndréBermondExceptionally Large Format Stone Lithograph 160 x 120 cm | Linen-Backed|French Riviera|Water-skiingThis is the very rare, exceptionally large 160 x 120 cm format, considerably larger than the approximately 100 x 62 cm format more commonly encountered. A striking statement piece at almost 1.6 metres dir=\"ltr\">This original 1930 French travel poster for \"Bandol — Le Casino Municipal\"(promoting the fashionable Mediterranean resort of Bandol and its Casino Municipal) is a rare large-format work by André Bermond (1903–1983), signed and dated \"André Bermond 30\" in the upper right.

Bermond was a Marseille-born painter, illustrator and poster artist best known for his Art Deco travel and sports posters for French Riviera and winter sports destinations. His style (bold color blocking, simplified geometry, joyful movement) is perfectly expressed here: a hydroplaner (early form of water-skiing) in the Mediterranean, the Casino Municipal and Bandol coastline behind them, rendered in cobalt blue, golden yellow and coral red. This was characteristic of the elegant French Art Deco travel-poster style of the period.

The Casino Municipal at Bandol opened in July 1930, making this poster a precise document of the resort\'s launch into the interwar Riviera tourism boom. Hydroplaning was a fashionable new sport at the time and Bermond\'s choice of subject captures exactly the spirit of modern leisure the resort was selling.

It was printed by Imprimerie Moullot, Marseille,the leading lithographic printer of French Riviera tourism posters throughout this period.

The design is held in the Mucem (Musée des Civilisations de l\'Europe et de la Méditerranée) collection in Marseille and is catalogued as No. 426 in Affiches de la Riviera and referenced in Sportissimo (p. 135),which are important bibliographic references for serious collectors.

Printer: Imp. Moullot - Marseille

Technique: OriginalStone in Mucem collection, Affiches de la Riviera No. 426

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CONDITIONOriginal period poster, linen-backed.The image area retains strong, vivid original colors with good contrast and displays beautifully.As expected of a large-format French poster that has survived from 1930, it shows age-related foxing, brown spotting and general surface staining, particularly toward the lower portion. There is also minor edge wear and evidence of the original display method, including small rust marks on top and bottom margins associated with the original fastening points.The linen backing is aged but remains structurally sound and the poster can be handled and displayed.There are no obvious major areas of paper loss or major tears through the principal image.Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.Additional close-up photographs available on authentic 1930 original – not a reproduction

Very rare large format (160 × 120 cm) - the more commonly encountered size is 100 × 62 cm

Documented in the Mucem collection, Marseille

Catalogued in Affiches de la Riviera No. 426 and Sportissimo p. 135

Signed and dated \"André Bermond 30\"

Printed by Moullot, Marseille, the premier Riviera poster printer

Early depiction of a water-sport / hydroplane scene (ancestor of water-skiing), a fashionable sport of the era

Classic Art Deco Riviera tourism design

Promotes the historic Casino Municipal in its opening year (opened July 1930)

Bold color palette: cobalt blue, golden yellow, coral red

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  This original Bandol – Le Casino Municipal is a vivid and characterful example of French Art Deco travel poster art. It captures the glamour of the French Riviera at its height - the sunshine, the water sports, the elegant resort life - and it does so in a format large enough to transform any for looking.

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