Edouard Boubat Le Paravent Poster - Editions du Desastre

Artist: Édouard Boubat (French, 1923–1999)
Title: Le Paravent (The Screen), Paris (1976)
Publisher: Éditions du Désastre, Paris
Printer: Printed in France by Imprimerie Union, Paris
Technique: Vintage photomechanical offset lithographic exhibition poster
Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm
Status: Excellent vintage condition, unbacked, rich monochrome contrast
 
About the Poster
This original vintage Edouard Boubat Le Paravent Poster was published in France by the renowned art publisher Éditions du Désastre. The visual features Boubat's poetic 1976 photograph "Le Paravent", capturing the back of a woman's head with long cascading hair draped over an ornate, floral-carved wooden folding screen. The composition is celebrated for its delicate interplay of light, shadow, and organic textures. Expertly pressed by the historic Imprimerie Union in Paris, the lithographic printing retains the deep black tones and silvery highlights of the original gelatin silver print. Clean, classic typography detailing the artist and publisher is integrated into the borders.
 
About the Artist / Publisher
Édouard Boubat was one of the most prominent twentieth-century French humanist photographers, celebrated for capturing quiet moments of beauty, tenderness, and peace in postwar life. Jacques Prévert famously referred to him as a "peace correspondent." The publisher, Éditions du Désastre, was a prestigious Parisian house specialized in producing museum-grade art and photography posters. Imprimerie Union, the printer, was legendary in Paris for handling high-end art editions, artists' books, and gallery publications throughout the twentieth century.