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There’s a less scabrous version here, albeit with terrible pincushion distortion.
Rummaging around on the Onslow auction site for some posters by Eric Kennington, I came across this little gem by a French poster artist that I’d never heard of before; Jean d’Ylen. Socks were blown off. Have a look at this next one:
Is this boy the boss of poster composition, or what? There’s only one place your eye can possibly focus.
I found the Kennington posters I was after, but just before I left the site, I was abruptly pulled up by this poster design that’s frankly so weird and whacked out that I believe the artist must have been paid in kind by the Gilbeys company.
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wow.
D’Ylen wasn’t just a very competent poster designer. In true French tradition, he placed enormous emphasis on the theory behind his practice, and wrote a book on the economics of poster advertising.
He was way ahead of his time.
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Hi Michael,
By a strange coincidence, this is the exact same outfit I wear when I get up on a stack of chairs to do a little painting.
Astounding.
Cheers.
Send pictures!
these colors!!!!!!!!!