Curatorial Narrative AUTEUIL. Ce manteau droit, created anonymously in 1923, occupies a pivotal position within the Art Deco movement’s development. The artist’s mastery of fine brushwork imbues the work with an air of subtlety, as intricate lines and delicate textures unfold before the viewer. This figurative piece, replete with references to modernity and urbanity, engages in a nuanced dialogue with its surroundings. The beige and brown hues employed evoke a sense of earthiness, while the judicious deployment of green and white injects an undertone of freshness. Upon enlargement to 44×69 inches, AUTEUIL’s chromatic structure assumes a commanding presence within a luxury interior environment. The spatial rhythm established by the artist’s use of negative space appears to expand and contract in tandem with the viewer’s movement around it. As the atmospheric weight shifts from the cool tones of the manteau to the warmer undertones