PAUL COLIN (1892-1985) - Lot 12

PAUL COLIN (1892-1985) Musée d'ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris Chromolithograph. Mounted on canvas. Imp. Joseph Charles, Paris. Signed lower right. 118x80cm (Good condition. Tiny defect). Bibliography: - Quand l'affiche faisait de la réclame! L'affiche française de 1920 à 1942 - Musée national des Arts et traditions populaires, RMN, 1991. Our poster reproduced on page 140 under number 112. - Les années folles de l'ethnographie: Trocadéro 28-37, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 2017, Paris. Our poster reproduced in full on page 158. Paul Colin's emblematic poster for the opening of the museum's new rooms. He chose one of his flagship objects: a statue of Easter Island and, to catch the eye, as an earring a Punu mask from his collection. Now rare.