Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)

comprising: 'Le Triomphe de la femme, Eve, IV-1926, G.W.S. 1926' and 'Le Triomphe de la femme, N. 891', 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 ''Erté / Romain de Tirtoff' respectively, further stamped '634 A', and '619 A' respectively, and with other archival annotations

Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Gunter Sachs, 2008, p. 128

'Eve': Generally clean, a couple of handling creases; slight discolouration to reverse; some scuff marks; fixed twice to non-archival mount with non-archival tape. 'N. 891': Worn to corners; marks from existing mount to all edges; light scuffing throughout image, primarily visible in raking light; red mark to right of artist's signature. Reverse with numerous marks and applied passepartout. Hinged along top edge to non acid-free mount by single strip of non acid-free tape. Glue deposits to top edge of reverse.
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