Alain Le Quernec - Het beeld van de zee / l' Image de la mer - 1980s

Original advertising poster from 1984 for the high-profile poster-tent exhibition 'L'Image de la mer / The Image of the Sea' in the then Musée de la Publicité (now part of la Bibliothèque Fornay) on Rue de Paradis in Paris. Curator Alain Weill brought together 120 remarkable tourist and advertising French posters, many of which have since earned the label 'iconic.'
Design: Alain Le Quernec (fully signed and dated '83' in the plate margin at the bottom left)
Dimensions: 80 cm high x 53 cm wide
Condition B+ >A: very light roll marks, thumbtack holes in the corners, otherwise overall sound (see photos).
Shipping: Rolled in a sturdy tube with track & trace.

Alain Le Quernec ( °1944)

Alain Le Quernec is a French graphic designer and poster artist, born in 1944 in Le Faouët (Morbihan, France). He is widely regarded as one of France’s most important contemporary poster designers, known for his sharp political commentary, minimalist visual language, and strong ties to the Polish School of Poster Art.
A militant poster artist whose work spans political, social, cultural, and environmental causes.
Trained in Paris, then studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Henryk Tomaszewski, a major influence on his conceptual, idea‑driven style.
He lived and worked in Brittany (Quimper/Plogonnec) since the 1970s, making the region a recurring theme in his posters.