Curatorial Narrative The anonymous artist’s “Chur de l’Eglise Saint-Guillaume, Strasbourg” (1937) assumes a pivotal position within the Art Deco movement, where architectural renderings became increasingly popular as decorative motifs. Employing a distinct visual language that eschews the subtlety of representation in favor of bold abstraction, the artist renders the church’s interior with stark reds and blacks on a white ground, evoking an atmosphere of somber contemplation. The brushless technique characteristic of lithography underscores the work’s intended function as a graphic entity rather than a painting per se. As “Chur de l’Eglise Saint-Guillaume, Strasbourg” is enlarged to 58×44 inches, its chromatic structure becomes even more pronounced: the deep reds and blacks appear almost three-dimensional against the flat white background. The spatial rhythm created by the artist’s use of bold lines and geometric forms achieves