Aug 17, 2023 - Sale 2644

Sale 2644 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

ERTÉ [ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF] (1892-1990)


Self-portrait of the iconic artist and designer with a cat.
Silver print, the image measuring 152x111 mm; 6x4 3/8 inches, the mount 305x222 mm; 12x8 3/4 inches, with Erté's signature in ink on mount recto, and a Harper Bazaar stamp and the date on mount verso. 1919.

Erté signed a contract with Harper's Bazaar in 1915 and for the next 21 years contributed fashion covers and original drawings in the Art Deco style.