MARTHA ROMME. "Germinal." Watercolor and ink heightened in silver on paper. 222x183 mm; 8 3/4x7 1/4 inches, image. Signed, dated 1917, and titled in white paint, lower image. Matted and framed.
Original watercolor by the fashion illustrator, Martha Romme, created for "Les Douze Mois d'Année," a work which anticipated the re-establishment of peace and prosperity after World War II. The woman in this beatiful watercolor is adorned in a gown of France's red, white, and blue.
