Signed in the plate lithographic poster printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris for Dufy’s exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune, Dauberville Gallery. The exhibition was to benefit the mutual aid of intellectual workers.Laid on linen for museum conservation.

Printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris for Dufy’s 1959 exhibition at Galerie Bernheim‑Jeune‑Dauberville, this poster depicts the Changing of the Guard at St James’s Palace, a subject Dufy painted during visits to England in the 1930s. His fluid line and lively composition transform the ceremony into a rhythmic, airy dance of figures and architecture, capturing the movement and pageantry rather than strict topographical accuracy.

Dufy was a leading voice of French modernism, merging Fauvist colour with a painterly approach to printmaking. He frequently explored music, sport, and urban festivity, and here the ceremonial guards reflect his fascination with public ritual and human motion, rendered with elegance and spontaneity.

Established in 1863, Bernheim‑Jeune played a central role in promoting Post‑Impressionism, Fauvism, and modern French art to a broad public, including early exhibitions of van Gogh, Cézanne, Matisse and Dufy himself. This exhibition was organised to benefit mutual aid for intellectual workers, linking art with social purpose. Signed in plate, the lithograph exemplifies Dufy’s ability to merge expressive, painterly qualities with the clarity and communicative power of the poster format.