Saturday the 2nd of March 1929.
Jean-Jacques MENNET (1889-1969) is a Swiss painter, decorator, illustrator and graphic designer. He created about fifty posters, most of them unknown to us today. Only fifteen or so, extremely rare, have survived and are displayed in museums and in our collection.
From 1928 to 1931, inspired by Paul Colin and cubism, J.J. Mennet designed, among others, the series of posters for the “Bals de l’Arc en Ciel” at the Lausanne Palace. On this 1929 poster, the cubist decomposition of the black musician and his instruments is a perfect illustration of the rhythm of the jazz music, which was becoming very popular in Europe at that time.
Our work consists in safekeeping the artistic heritage of advertising that we consider as a sociological trace of the twentieth century civilization. Our restoration studio proposes unique know-how in the conservation of old paper, of museum mounting and restoration of vintage poster. If you have an original old poster, Galerie 1 2 3 Studio is at your service.
The posters we propose are veritable pieces of historic heritage, which have a collector’s value. We offer a service of authenticity and original vintage poster certification and propose detailed condition reports including an Official Certificate of authenticity.
