Frigeco

The essence of Art Deco , Cassandre's Nord Express. The poster designed and printed in 1927 is characterised by an audacious use of perspecive , between the tension of the telegraph lines and the locomotive . The text is integrated into the image and the locomotive shows the influence of Leger's  modernist paintings. The etreme stylisation of the loco make it both graceful and powerful. The loco. is so futuristic almost abstract but we recognise it instantly.  Easy to say one the the 20th Century's  best posters.

1927, Nord Express. 75 x 105cms. Hachard et Cie, Paris. A.M. Cassandre.

After 35 years as an art dealer, mostly based in Paris, I have set up the Letitia Morris Gallery, which will focus on both contemporary and historical paintings, prints, drawings and posters.
The gallery is in High Street, Armadale in a building my mother (Letitia Morris) bought in the early 1970s and turned into one of the suburb's well known antique shops. The place has been operating as Vintage Posters Only for the past decade (with me sourcing the posters from France), but I now wish to exhibit art works across a variety of media along side my posters.
Coming from a fine art background, I have long seen posters as an important art form, which can co-exist comfortably among the “finer” arts.
I have extensive experience in the visual arts and also offer my services as a buyer”s agent, and will provide expert advice on posters, paintings and prints.