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Marcel Vertès 1895-1961

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Marcel Vertès
  • Le Chat Noir
  • watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 15 by 17 1/2 in. (38.1 by 44.5 cm)
signed Vertès lower right and upper left

Catalogue Note

Marcel Vertès (1895-1961) was a French artist and costume designer. Over the course of his varied career, he worked for Vanity Fair in New York, illustrated books by Colette and Zola, did illustrations for "Shocking", the Schiaparelli perfume and was nominated for an Academy Award for the costumes for Moulin Rouge in 1952. His illustrations of the beau mode were droll and amusing and they were widely collected.