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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CHARLES KIFFER EDITH PIAF. Circa 1938. 60 1/4x30 1/2 inches. (152 x 77 cm.) Condition: B+ / B: text expertly pieced together; restored loss in bottom margin; mounted on some kind of wax paper. Hand signed and inscribed by Kiffer (on a separate piece of paper that has been affixed to the image) An extraordinary portrait of the French "sparrow" that has been trimmed out of a larger poster advertising the singer's work on Polydor records. Kiffer spent his entire career designing posters for the Parisian Music Hall world. For a long time Maurice Chevalier employed him exclusively to design his posters, but Kiffer also created images for Marcel Marceau and other performers. Folies Bergere 97 (var).
