Description:

Romain de Tirtoff (Erte)
Russian-French, 1892-1990
Costume for Trois Jeunes Files Nues, 1941
Gouache, signed in ink, noted chaf. 150, and extensively notated to verso
Fashion rendering of a girl's white dress, bodice adorned with pink rosettes, and matching headpiece for the operette Trois Jeunes Filles Nues, matted behind glass and framed. The verso bearing a previous invoice and hand-noted with title, stamped, noted "La Rosiere" & "Theatre Marigny", stamped again, and numbered.

    Dimensions:
  • Sight: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm.), frame: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (54 x 43.8 cm.)
  • Artist Name:
  • Romain de Tirtoff (Erte)
  • Medium:
  • Gouache, signed in ink, noted chaf. 150, and extensively notated to verso
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