CHARLES-CARL GESMAR (1900-1928) Maud Loty. Study portrait of the performer, circa 1910. Gouache over pencil on paper. 18 1/2 x 11 inches. Signed in pencil in lower right image.
Maud Loty, a Bordeaux-born vaudeville comedienne nicknamed "La Maud," starred in numerous hit plays throughout the 1920s and '30s in France.
