Acc. № 138 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 138
L'Inconnue. Subversive. Légende.
Coming soonArchive note
French design poster, circa 1960, depicting an anonymous woman in mod sunglasses and geometric shift dress, holding a broken chain. The composition—austere, coldly elegant—suggests a suppressed cultural moment: a film, a fashion movement, or a political gesture deemed too dangerous for mainstream release. 'The Unknown. Subversive. Legend.' reads as both product copy and archive notation. Recovered from a Rive Gauche atelier, this artifact speaks to collectors of suppressed modernism and Cold War-era French counterculture.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
768 × 1376 px · 1.1 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- geometric modernist, vintage lithograph, early 1960s French
- Mood
- austere, conspiratorial, coolly defiant
- Palette
- cream, slate blue, rust orange
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