Cirque de Lescun, Pyrenees, France, 1950s

A VERY FINE original vintage poster from the 1950s featuring a photograph by Jean Dieuzaide of the village of Lescun in the western Pyrenees with its spectacular mountain backdrop, known as the Cirque de Lescun.  

Size 99cm x 62cm

Condition  Excellent. If you would like to know more please get in touch.

Background  Dieuzaide (1921-2003) was a leading figure in French photography from the war until the early 1980s, much exhibited and published. Here he has captured the stony mountain village in painting-like style. The name Lescun is familiar to many children as the setting for Michael Morpurgo's novel Waiting for Anya, now a film. The highest peak in the Cirque beyond is the Pic d'Anie (2,504m).  

Photographer Jean Dieuzaide 

Printer Braun et Cie, Mulhouse and Paris

Publisher Ministère de Travaux Publics, des Transports et due Tourisme, Direction Générale du Tourisme, French Government