Grand Sport. 1925. A. M. Cassandre.23 ¾ x 31 ½ in./60.3 x 80 cm“Clothes make the

Grand Sport. 1925. A. M. Cassandre.23 ¾ x 31 ½ in./60.3 x 80 cm“Clothes make the man.” Cassandre might have been meditating on this old adage while formulating his approach for this Grand Sport poster. The cap, “the champion’s choice” on offer, is detailed with loving realism, every fold and curve supple and tactile. It sits on the head of a Cubist abstraction: one that faces both straight-on and “cocked-to-the-right,” redolent of Oskar Schlemmer and Picasso (Brown & Reinhold, p. 13). As such, it stands with the best works of Cassandre, which find the most elegant and efficient way of communicating two or more (sometimes subversive) ideas in a single image. Available at auction February 25, 2018. -- source link

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