Mar 09, 2023 - Sale 2629

Sale 2629 - Lot 216

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

CHARLES GESMAR (1900-1928)

BAL DES PETITS LITS BLANCS A L'OPÉRA. 1928.


62 1/2x45 1/4 inches, 159x115 cm. Francaises Reunies, Paris.
Condition B / B+: replaced losses in margins and corners; repaired tears, one from top edge into central image; creases at edges and in image.

The Bal des Petits Lits Blancs (Ball of the Little White Beds) was Paris' most important charity event to raise money for children's hospitals. Artists such as Cassandre, Jean Don, Georges Barbier and Francis Bernard also designed posters for this organization.