Paris, Decorative Art Exhibition 1925 - Ruhlmann Pavilion B & W Photography

Description

A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography by Press Agency, Paris 1925.
International Decorative Arts Exhibition in Paris, … more A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography by Press Agency, Paris 1925.
International Decorative Arts Exhibition in Paris, October 1925, The Hotel du Collectionneur, the pavilion of the furniture manufacturer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, designed by Pierre Patout. View of the exterior monumental statue.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography unframed.
Press photography.
Press agency: Anonymous.
Photographer: Anonymous.
Title: Paris, The Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann Pavilion front statue at the Decorative Art Exhibition in Paris, October 1925.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image Size: 4.65 in. high (11.8 cm) x 5.51 in. wide (14 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 in. x 13 in. mat.
The piece will be shipped in a mat (17 x 13 in.) that fits a standard-sized frame.
No ink stamp and no legend.
The last picture shows you the complete view of the pavilion with the statue in the center.

About:
The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (French: Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) was a World Fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925. It was designed by the French government to highlight the new style modern of architecture, interior decoration, furniture, glass, jewelry, and other decorative arts in Europe and throughout the world. Many ideas of the international avant-garde in the fields of architecture and applied arts were presented for the first time at the Exposition. The event took place between the esplanade of Les Invalides and the entrances of the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, and on both banks of the Seine. There were 15,000 exhibitors from twenty different countries, and it was visited by sixteen million people during its seven-month run. The Style Moderne presented at the Exposition later became known as "Art Deco", after the name of the Exposition.

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (28 August 1879 – 15 November 1933), (sometimes called Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann), was a French furniture designer and interior decorator, who was one of the most important figures in the Art Deco movement. His furniture featured sleek designs, expensive and exotic materials, and extremely fine craftsmanship, and became a symbol of the luxury and modernity of Art Deco. It also produced a reaction from other designers and architects, such as Le Corbusier, who called for simpler, functional furniture.

Pierre Patout (1879-1965) was a French architect and interior designer, who was one of the major figures of the Art Deco movement, as well as a pioneer of Streamline Moderne design. His works included the design of the main entrance and the Hotel du Collectionneur at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925 and the interiors of the ocean liner Normandie and other French transatlantic liners in the 1930s.
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