NATALIA GONTCHAROVA (1881-1962) GRAND BAL DE NUIT / SALLE BULLIER GRAND BAL DES ARTISTES. 1926. 46 1/2x31 inches, 118x78 3/4 cm. Joseph-Charles, Paris. Condition B+ / B: repaired tears, restored losses at edges, some affecting image; abrasions, restoration and overpainting in margins and image. Framed. The emigrant Russian artistic community in Montparnasse became very active in the years before World War One and the large ball they hosted every year in order to raise money for their association was one of the highlights of the Parisian avant-garde season. Gontcharova dedicated most of her considerable artistic talents to stage and costume design; here, she fluidly integrates the typography into her abstract, Cubist-inspired composition. Weill 322, Le Peintre et L'Affiche, Union des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1988, p. 69, Plakat Kunst p. 94, Kunstler Plakate p. 9.
