Lot 205: Val d'Esquieres.

Val d'Esquieres.The blocky colors look childlike; the maplike depiction of the Cote d'Azur resort, almost primitive; the perspective, as casual as a summer holiday. But this artful naivete overlies a sophisticated design: the lines of the allee and dock converge on the figure of the lifeguard, from which the eye follows the ladder down to the raft and the kayak, all in one easy sweep. Charm and efficiency-like a good resort hotel. Little is known of Bouchaud; among his few posters, his smashing Art Deco image of the bathers at "La Plage de Monte Carlo" (see PAI-XLV, 169) is the best known.
MICHEL BOUCHAUD

24 1/2 x 39 3/8 in./62.3 x 100 cm

A.

PRINTER
Imp. Lucien Serre, Paris