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Le Spectacle est Dans la Rue
Cassandre, pseudonym of Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron (1901 –1968), was a French painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer whose inventive graphic techniques show influences of Surrealism and Cubism. He was very popular in Europe and the United States during the 1930s. In 1935, Cassandre signed an exclusive contract with the firm of Draeger Freres for the French editions of his posters. Draeger, a French printer who published some of the masterpieces of French design was a pioneer of advertising.
The Becken Book
The A.C. Becken Company, established in 1887 in Chicago, was a major wholesale distributor of housewares, jewelry, tools, musical instruments, leather goods, desk accessories, tools, eyeglasses, and assorted novelties. This annual catalog for the year 1937 issued to “recognized jewelers only,” contains nearly 800-pages of items ranging from a wide selection of elegant Elgin watches to metal employee and police badges in various shapes and sizes. Included are streamline –art deco era–lighter and cigarette cases, watches, clocks, luggage, tableware, and jewelry.
