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c. 1948 39⅛ h × 24¼ w in (99 × 62 cm)
estimate: $2,000–2,600
result: $2,016
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This imaginative design invites the viewer to a group of wildlife preserves in what was then French West Africa and is now, among other countries, Benin. The outline of a giraffe is filled with silhouettes that simultaneously evoke local sights and suggest the animal’s distinctive splotches. The background has all the hues of sunset from the last orange glow at top to blue-green shadows at bottom. The image was also used with different text to promote visits to the region’s wildlife parks.
Éditions Diloutremer, Paris
literature: PAI-XXXI, 404
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