Les Rois des Légendes - Deuxième Baigneuse
Erté, d. i. Roman Tyrtov St. Petersburg 1892 - Paris 1990
Lot-No. 666
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Gouache 33,5 x 24,5 lo. ri. sign. Erté, on the reverse inscribed 'Rois des Légendes N. 46, 2me Baigneuse', dat. 1919 as well as fragment of the artist's stamp, framed under glass. - Russian-French painter, designer, sculptor a. graphic artist. Since 1906 he studied at the St. Petersburg academy under I. Repin. In 1910 he moved to Paris to continue his studies at the Académie Julian. He first became successful with designs for the fashion designer P. Poiret. His costume a. stage designs made him an international reputation. Since 1925 he also worked for Hollywood a. leading fashion magazines, among others Harper's Bazaar. His refined, technically perfect, creative a. independent designs developed from art nouveau secured him success until his death. - Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), London (V&A), Oxford (Ashmolean Mus.), Paris a. others. - Lit.: Saur, Bénézit a. others.
Erté, d. i. Roman Tyrtov: Les Rois des Légendes - Deuxième Baigneuse
Erté, d. i. Roman Tyrtov St. Petersburg 1892 - Paris 1990
Les Rois des Légendes - Deuxième Baigneuse
Lot-No. 666
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Gouache 33,5 x 24,5 lo. ri. sign. Erté, on the reverse inscribed 'Rois des Légendes N. 46, 2me Baigneuse', dat. 1919 as well as fragment of the artist's stamp, framed under glass. - Russian-French painter, designer, sculptor a. graphic artist. Since 1906 he studied at the St. Petersburg academy under I. Repin. In 1910 he moved to Paris to continue his studies at the Académie Julian. He first became successful with designs for the fashion designer P. Poiret. His costume a. stage designs made him an international reputation. Since 1925 he also worked for Hollywood a. leading fashion magazines, among others Harper's Bazaar. His refined, technically perfect, creative a. independent designs developed from art nouveau secured him success until his death. - Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), London (V&A), Oxford (Ashmolean Mus.), Paris a. others. - Lit.: Saur, Bénézit a. others.