Ecole FRANCAISE vers 1930 Château de Marson swimming pool, plan Watercolor on paper (two sheets) H. 76 cm - L. 995 cm This Mediterranean-inspired swimming pool was built in 1927 at the request of industrialist Henri Fircotelle, by architects Jacques-Maurice Prévot and Pierre-Victor Brunel, and the studio of mosaic artist Isidore Odorico. This Art Deco building was inspired by ancient spa architecture and by Hardouin-Mansart's hemicycle colonnade at Versailles. Provenance: private collection in Montreuil; given by one of the architects to a family member.

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