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Curatorial Narrative Abram Games’ “Take a Pride in Being Fighting Fit” occupies a pivotal position within the Art Deco movement’s later permutations. Executed in a style that synthesizes the geometrical precision of modernist design with the ornamental sensibilities of Art Deco, this work exemplifies the era’s fascination with mechanization and industrial progress. The artist’s deployment of bold, graphic forms and flat planes eschews the more expressive brushwork characteristic of earlier Deco incarnations, instead embracing a crisp, stencilled effect that underscores the modernist imperative for clarity and precision. At its enlarged scale of 44×68 inches, “Take a Pride in Being Fighting Fit” assumes an imposing presence, its spatial rhythm dictated by the interplay between bold, geometric forms and the stark contrast between black, white, yellow, orange, and brown hues. The chromatic structure, anchored by the sombre tones of b