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<p>[QUOTE="Roaring20s, post: 4283057, member: 17270"]<i>Thrift shop find this week ….</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It’s watercolor gouache, small text is cut and pasted, on white illustration board. Back side is grey, no marks.</p><p>19” x 13.75”</p><p>[ATTACH=full]343787[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, this graphic tells us that the reader of La Metropole understands the world, naturally, like balancing a ball. The reader has become worldly, seated comfortably within the globe's stand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The PosterMuseum.com says it’s circa 1960s and that’s very fare.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may be as early as 1953. The artist pasted magazine text on the art. It’s part of a review that mentions, Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Betsy von Furstenberg, and Tony Randall. The play ran from Dec 17, 1953 to Nov 13, 1954. It could have just been clipped from an old magazine laying around.</p><p><br /></p><p>It could also predate or echo a 1963 Ball Chair.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am assuming this is the publication …</p><p><a href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=sn%2095058174&searchType=1&permalink=y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=sn%2095058174&searchType=1&permalink=y" rel="nofollow">https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=sn 95058174&searchType=1&permalink=y</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The following links are of the same subject, of what look to be conceptual layouts on paper.</p><p><a href="https://postermuseum.com/products/lion-on-globe?_pos=7&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://postermuseum.com/products/lion-on-globe?_pos=7&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r" rel="nofollow">https://postermuseum.com/products/lion-on-globe?_pos=7&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r</a></p><p><a href="https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-fish?_pos=6&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-fish?_pos=6&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r" rel="nofollow">https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-fish?_pos=6&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r</a></p><p><a href="https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-globe?_pos=5&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-globe?_pos=5&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r" rel="nofollow">https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-globe?_pos=5&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>I have not found any images of the publication La Metropole from the 50s or 60s. Has anyone come across this publication?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>James.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roaring20s, post: 4283057, member: 17270"][I]Thrift shop find this week ….[/I] It’s watercolor gouache, small text is cut and pasted, on white illustration board. Back side is grey, no marks. 19” x 13.75” [ATTACH=full]343787[/ATTACH] To me, this graphic tells us that the reader of La Metropole understands the world, naturally, like balancing a ball. The reader has become worldly, seated comfortably within the globe's stand. The PosterMuseum.com says it’s circa 1960s and that’s very fare. I may be as early as 1953. The artist pasted magazine text on the art. It’s part of a review that mentions, Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Betsy von Furstenberg, and Tony Randall. The play ran from Dec 17, 1953 to Nov 13, 1954. It could have just been clipped from an old magazine laying around. It could also predate or echo a 1963 Ball Chair. I am assuming this is the publication … [URL='https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=sn%2095058174&searchType=1&permalink=y']https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=sn 95058174&searchType=1&permalink=y[/URL] The following links are of the same subject, of what look to be conceptual layouts on paper. [URL]https://postermuseum.com/products/lion-on-globe?_pos=7&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r[/URL] [URL]https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-fish?_pos=6&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r[/URL] [URL]https://postermuseum.com/products/man-with-globe?_pos=5&_sid=5a00804e4&_ss=r[/URL] [B]I have not found any images of the publication La Metropole from the 50s or 60s. Has anyone come across this publication? [/B] James.[/QUOTE]
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