A Folies Bergère costume illustration by Michel Gyarmathy, 1950s
Estimation 150 $ - 200 $
Vente le 22/03/2022
Couleur jaune, or, rose, pastel
Dimensions 34 × 50 cm
Nom de la vente Vintage & Luxury Fashion, Antique Costume & Textiles
Lot 427
Maison de vente Kerry Taylor
Pays Royaume-Uni
Description du catalogue
the hand-coloured pencil sketch of a skin-tight and clawed leopard catsuit for ’Cage, 10 dancers’, signed and stamped ’Executed by St.John Roper Ger. 1064’, 34x50cm; together with a second example of an Edwardian-inspired hot-pink gown with large hat, possibly for Folies Bergère, 1950s, signed Alice Robert and with additional pencil annotations, 32x50cm; and a third for ’Marion Le Prince’, probably also by Alice Robert, 1950s, unsigned, 25x32cm; and a simple pastel sketch or tracing of two female faces, 1930s-40s, stamped ’Bérard’ to reverse, 25x32.5cm; and a pochoir entitled ’Le Courrier d’Amour’, 1920s, stamped ’G.Gorvel S.C’ and ’Brunelleschi’, 27x36cm excluding borders (5)