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Collection Biscottes Clément, 1960
Item — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 1
Identifier: CFC2021.0078.1
Abstract
I recognized this image immediately. It was done by Jean Mercier and appeared on menus for Compagnie General Transatlantique. In fact, that menu appeared in the Joslyn Museum exhibit of this collection in 2018. Its most unusual feature is the oversized fly apparently sitting on the paper. The fly is so insignificant, despite his own ideas of his accomplishment, that he does not appear otherwise in the image. One is tempted to whisk him away in order to look at the picture! The...
Dates:
1960