Aug 02, 2017 - Sale 2453

Sale 2453 - Lot 443

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
MARCEL VERTÈS (1895-1961) ET LES DANCINGS. Group of 10 plates and title page. 1925.
Each approximately 22x14 3/4 inches, 56x37 1/2 cm. Gustave Pellet, Paris.
Condition varies, generally B+ / B: losses, time-staining and restoration on some plates. Each hand-signed and numbered 111/300 in pencil by the artist. Six tipped to stiff mount.
Ten of twelve plates from Vertès' scarce portfolio illustrating Parisian dance-hall scenes, from the demi-monde of gay and drag culture to the mundane.