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Original Illustration Art...Hand-painted Publicity Poster for Humphrey Bogart's Final Movie...The Harder They Fall

Released in 1956, The Harder They Fall was Humphrey Bogart's final film...he died in 1957.

Painted on black construction-type paper, the artwork was used by a French film club to promote the screening of the film...the movie's title in France was Plus Dur Sera la Chute. Directed by Mark Robson, the story revolved around Bogart's character, Eddie Willis, a down on his luck sports writer. Robson is also known as the director of The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, and Von Ryan's Express.

It measures 23.375 inches high and 17.675 inches wide and displays dramatically. There are pin holes in each corner and midway along both sides, plus two small rips on the right edge that have been repaired with archival materials.

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (1899-1957) is ranked #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest screen actors and was voted Greatest Movie Star of All Time by Entertainment Weekly.

Here's a close-up view:

This is NOT a printed poster...but rather an original painting...a real treat for the movie buff or Bogart fan!

Map of Paris Showing the Métropolitain (subway) Lines

Measuring 37.5 inches wide by 30 inches high, this colorful map is dated 1969 and was formerly used in one of the Paris Métro stations to assist travelers find the best route from the city's then thirteen individual subway lines.

Difficult to photograph without a lot of reflections because it still has its plastic overlay...used to protect it from the thousands of fingers that traced the subway lines while searching for their destination...be it the center of the city...

...point zero for measuring distances in France is a bronze marker in front of Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral...in the center of this portion of the map...

...or the Champ de Mars with the Tour Eiffel...


...or the Place de l'Etoile where twelve streets radiate from the Arc de Triomphe...

...a driver's nightmare...a perfect reason for taking the métro!

The upper right corner notes that the map was produced by the firm of Cartes Taride...


...and the lower corner...

...has a depiction of the twenty different arrondissements or districts with each district's individual neighborhoods or quartiers outlined and identified.

Condition-wise, it's canvas-backed and will be sent rolled in a tube. Some of the edges are a little rough in places, but once matted, appearance is excellent and it's ready to be hung on the wall!

The map is a colorful and informative...and a bit nostalgic as it shows all of the streets of Paris in clear detail exactly as they were back in those days...including the former "stomach of Paris" known as Les Halles.

Framed Oil on Canvas by Jean Goutière-Vernolle (1896-1981)


This painting of Breton musicians is by Jean Goutière-Vernolle (1896-1891). Goutière-Vernolle was born in Nancy in eastern France...the family name is quite famous in the école de Nancy circles...mentioned in the same breath as Emile Gallé, Victor Prové, etc.  Listed in the major art compendiums...Bénézit, Davenport, etc...Jean Goutière-Vernolle was a regular participant in the Salon des Indépendants and is described as specializing in the painting of scenes of Brittany.



It's a wonderful scene...a couple of musicians...the one on the left playing the traditional Breton wind instrument known as a bombarde and the one on the right playing the Breton version of a bagpipe that is called a biniou. In the Breton language, a bombarde player is called a talabarder and a bagpipe player is called a biniaouer. Together, they are called sonneurs and no fête in Brittany is complete without sonneurs.

It is signed lower left "J. Goutière-Vernolle".




There is a pencil notation on the back that, unfortunately, I can't decipher.

It is in perfect condition, with no tears or restorations.

 

Vintage Côte du Rhône Travel Poster...All Roads Lead to Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Raoul Berjonneau (1911-1988) was the son of Jéhan Berjonneau (1890-1972) a post-impressionist paysagiste...or landscape painter. Raoul continued the family tradition and was an artist as well... specializing in spectacular graphics. This poster is an example...


Set within a leaf from a grapevine, the pouring from a bottle of Côtes de Rhône traces the tourist wine route of this iconic wine-growing region...


The detail is delightful...the four points of the compass are wine bottles and the towns...the well-known Vacqueyras, Gigondas, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape as well as the lesser-known Carianne, Séguret, Visan, and Rochegude evoke thoughts of a glass...or two...of a wine that ranges from  light and natural to powerful and spicy...

...conjuring up the essence of the grape varieties of the region that include syrah, grenache, muscat, and viognier.

The poster measures 38.75 inches by 24.5 inches and is unmounted. It is in wonderful condition...a small tear in the top edge has been archivally repaired and appearance is great.

Signed on the side...


...it was published...

...as publicity for the regional wine route that has flourished for more than two thousand years.

A fabulous graphic...given its subject, we have also included this poster in our listing for Wine and Vine Antiques.

Vintage French Map of Finistère, Brittany

From the 1880s, a color engraving depicting the map of Finistère, one of the departments of the French region of Brittany. The westernmost department, its name is derived from the Latin finis terrae...meaning "end of the earth".  The map was originally in a book put together under the direction of J. Migeon; the entire page measures 10.3125 high by 13.5625 wide and the image itself measures 8.1875 inches high by 9.3125 inches wide.

The map has insets engraved by Lecocq, Barbier, and Waltner which feature the crest of Quimper, the principal town of the region, as well as a view of Quimper's Saint Corentin Cathedral as it appears from a spot downstream from the juncture of the Steir and Odet Rivers.

Also featured are two of Finistère's most famous native sons, Théophile Corret (1743-1800), a soldier better known as the Tour d'Auvergne, and René Laénnec (1781-1826), a physician who invented the stethoscope.

The condition of the image is excellent; the outer edges of the page itself are slightly yellowed and the lower right corner has a slight crease.

Boch Frères Keramis...Charles Catteau Designed Vase/Rooster

This stunning art pottery vase was made at the Boch Frères pottery factory in the Belgian town of La Louvière. The design was created by one of the twentieth century's most influential pottery designers, Charles Catteau.

Charles Crépin Nicolas Catteau (1880-1966) was born in Douai in northern France and studied at the prestigious Sèvres factory of Madame de Pompadour and King Louis XVth fame. He was such a good student, that after his certification in 1903, the Sèvres factory hired him as a designer. There he was exposed to centuries of ceramic history as well as the innovative ideas of modern ceramic artists such as Théodore Deck, Auguste Delacherche, and Ernest Chaplet. He also worked in Bavaria at the Nymphenburg factory near Munich and in Lorraine at the Rambervillers pottery of Alphonse Cytère.

The Boch Frères pottery began in 1841 in Hainault. It eventually acquired other potteries including one in La Louvière and produced a wide range of art pottery. A painter and teacher as well as a ceramics designer, Charles Catteau is generally described as l'homme de Keramis...the man of Keramis. He would work at the Boch Frères pottery from 1907 to 1947.

The body of this vase is stoneware or grès as it is known in French. The design is called Décor Coq and is listed as Décor 635 in the Keramis pattern catalogs. Charles Catteau brought Art Déco to the Keramis factory and was instrumental in the pottery's ability to blend art with technical knowledge. This specific décor is featured on page 39 of Dominique Corrieras book L'Homme de Keramis...Charles Catteau. It is one of the first designs Catteau created in this revolutionary modernisation of art pottery; it used the new technique of emaux semi-mat and dates from 1920.
The vase is 9.375 inches high and 5.5 inches wide. It is in mint condition; signed on the bottom with the form number (902) and the décor number (D635).

 

Boch Frères Keramis...Charles Catteau Designed Vase/Grapevine

Another stoneware vase designed by Boch Frères Keramis, this one features a frieze or band that has been hand-painted with a grapevine motif. It's a perfect complement to the Arts and Crafts Movement with its lightly-engraved leaves and white grapes against a mottled metallic green ground.

The motif is documented and identified...

...by markings on the bottom as décor 642 and dates from 1920 according to the old Boch Frères inventory of designs. The form is also documented...with an engraved number 900...and features a wide opening and a shallow foot.

It measures 6.875 inches high and 6.125 inches wide and is in mint condition.

Considering its grapevine decoration with stylized vine leaves...

...and dramatic bunches of grapes...

...we are also including this item in our link for Wine and Vine Antiques.

Nevers Motto Pitcher...Emile Georges Faïencerie

...a French faïence pitcher that will delight both wine connoisseurs and medical professionals with its design and sense of humor. The hand-painted motto reads Replacez médecine et pharmaciens Par un bon verre du vin...which translates to "Replace doctors and pharmacists With a good glass of wine".

It dates from circa 1930 and was made in Nevers at the faïencerie run by Emile Georges...it has the factory mark on the bottom...

The faïencerie was originally founded in Nevers in 1898; Emile Georges began working there when the business was owned by Félicien Collard who had taken over the firm in 1908. It was Collard who first used the double green knotted ribbons as the pottery signature. Emile Georges took over the company in 1926. The factory remains in business today, run by fourth generation Georges.

Blue and yellow-gold stripes and a cheerful floral pattern provide decorative accent...the pitcher will hold a healthy measure of wine as it stands 6.5 inches high, and is 6 inches wide including the handle, and 4.5 inches wide measuring just the body. It has a few small glaze-only dings along the top rim...understandable both for a faïence piece of this vintage...and when you consider that it was used to serve wine..meaning the person doing the pouring might not have always been totally sober!

We are also including this item in our link for Wine and Vine Antiques.
 

 
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