Lot n° 563
Estimation :
125 - 150
EUR
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Result
: 160EUR
- Lot 563
[MENUS CBMC] [Louis NOROY PSEUDONYME DE LOUIS ROYON (OSTENDE, 1882 - WAULSORT, 1968) ]- CBMC. Steamship of Leopoldville, first class. 10 menus for the first lunch created by Louis ROYON in 1930.
Menus in the form of postcards on the theme of the signs of the zodiac. 2 menus are missing to gather the complete collection.
"Marine painter, illustrator, poster artist. He was also a sailor. From 1921, he devoted himself mainly to painting and boating. Founding member of the artistic circle of Ostend (1908) and of the Society of Painters of the Sea. His style is realistic, enhanced with Art Deco elements. For the Red Star Line and the Belgian Shipping Company, he designed posters, menus, timetables, etc. He had several solo exhibitions." Cf. Note by Norbert Hosteyn, in Dictionnaire des peintres belges.
JOINTS:
- R.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" Cunard Line. Menu of December 5, 1956. Traces of folds.
- 82 menus, various periods, most of them illustrated, some of them blank.
- SEM - Menu. " Festival of French gastronomy on the occasion of the VIth Days of the Wine of France. Maxim's to innovation." Paris, n.d. 360 x 260 mm (closed). Cover with flaps, menu on double page. Menu illustrated with cartoons by Robert de Montesquiou, Forain, Jean Lorrain and Madeleine Lemaire. Slight traces of use.
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