Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)

comprising: 'Mystère du Masque "Les Pleurs" (deux costumes), V-1926, G.W.S. 1926' and 'Mystère du Masque "L'indifférence" (deux costumes), V-1926, G.W.S. 1926', both signed in ink `Erté', the reverse titled in ink and stamped with artist's studio stamp 'Erté / Romain de Tirtoff / 124, Rue de Brancas / Sèvres (S.-&-O.)' and further stamped '526 A' and '527 A' respectively, and with other archival annotations

Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Gunter Sachs, 2008, pp. 128 & 132

'Les Pleurs': Some yellowing to paper, particularly to edges, black ink area at base with minor scuffing and some loss to pigment around the edge; diagonal line of approximately 13 cm in length, as if from a pattern-making wheel, beginning approximately 4 cm from the top right corner; four pinholes to the corners. fixed twice to non-archival mount with non-archival tape. 'L'indifférence': Some yellowing to paper, particularly to edge; handling creases throughout; various pinholes; 'J. Whatman' water-mark; fixed twice to non-archival mount with non-archival tape.
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