Paris Art Deco Cartoon Style Map From 1949

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1949 Art Deco cartoon style map of Paris that depicts witty references to Parisian lifestyle, along with drawings of notable … more 1949 Art Deco cartoon style map of Paris that depicts witty references to Parisian lifestyle, along with drawings of notable landmarks. Mounted on board, in original oak frame.

The map was designed by Willy Auguste Landelle (1908 - 1986), a French artist and cartoonist, and published by Jacques-Petit in Paris in 1949. Born in the 4th Arrondissement of Paris, Landelle worked as an artist in post-World War II France. He created pictorial maps and illustrated numerous books for Éditions Jaques-Petit from Angers. The map follows shortly after World War II, a period where France, devastated by the war, was eager to rebuild is tourist and economic infrastructure.

Research finds just a single other example, at the David Rumsey Collection at Stanford. Otherwise, we see no sale record on the private market or other institutional holdings. less