L'art Déco : France, Amérique Du Nord

Exhibition at the Cité de l'Architecture, Paris, 21 October 2022 - 6 March 2023

With the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Art Deco seduced the world. From New York to Paris, the press celebrated this event, which made a lasting impression on the universal style. From Mexico to Canada, this craze was driven by North American architects. The America of Raymond Hood and Wallace K. Harrison, authors of the Rockefeller Center, adopted the French architects and artists Léon Arnal, Edgar Brandt, Jacques Carlu, Paul Cret, Alfred Janniot...

Through thirty-seven texts and 350 illustrations, this book reveals a reciprocal emulation which is illustrated as much in the architecture and ornamentation of skyscrapers as in the cinema, fashion, press, sport and art of living.