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Auction archive: Lot number 291

PSIM (DATE UNKNOWN) EDDY - JOHNNY. 1938

Graphic Design
13 May 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,000
Auction archive: Lot number 291

PSIM (DATE UNKNOWN) EDDY - JOHNNY. 1938

Graphic Design
13 May 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,000
Beschreibung:

PSIM (DATE UNKNOWN) EDDY - JOHNNY. 1938. 46 3/4x31 3/4 inches, 118 3/4x 80 1/2 cm. Harford, Paris. Condition B+: minor restored losses, repaired tears and creases in margins and image; time-staining in margins; vertical and horizontal folds. Framed. Jazzy male performing duos were extremely fashionable in the thirties, following the success of the Americans Layton and Johnston. In France, the most famous were Pills and Tabet, and Charlie and Johnny (Charlie being Charles Trenet). Featured alongside him on this rare poster is Eddie Barclay (1921-2005) who at the time was working as a jazz pianist before becoming a French recording industry magnate. We will probably never know anything about PSIM, as it was certainly a pseudonym. Designed using a cut-out technique, this is a stylized, clean, elegant and simple image of the performers.

Auction archive: Lot number 291
Auction:
Datum:
13 May 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

PSIM (DATE UNKNOWN) EDDY - JOHNNY. 1938. 46 3/4x31 3/4 inches, 118 3/4x 80 1/2 cm. Harford, Paris. Condition B+: minor restored losses, repaired tears and creases in margins and image; time-staining in margins; vertical and horizontal folds. Framed. Jazzy male performing duos were extremely fashionable in the thirties, following the success of the Americans Layton and Johnston. In France, the most famous were Pills and Tabet, and Charlie and Johnny (Charlie being Charles Trenet). Featured alongside him on this rare poster is Eddie Barclay (1921-2005) who at the time was working as a jazz pianist before becoming a French recording industry magnate. We will probably never know anything about PSIM, as it was certainly a pseudonym. Designed using a cut-out technique, this is a stylized, clean, elegant and simple image of the performers.

Auction archive: Lot number 291
Auction:
Datum:
13 May 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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