Feb 18, 2021 - Sale 2558

Sale 2558 - Lot 73

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

PAL (JEAN DE PALÉOLOGUE, 1860-1942)

FOLIES - BERGÈRE / LA BELLE GUERRERO. 1898.


48x31 3/4 inches, 122x80 1/2 cm. Caby & Chardin, Paris.
Condition A: slight darkening along unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.

A vibrant rendering of young Spanish dancer & pantomimist Rosario Guerrero performing at the Folies-Bergère. She made her grandest debut in the titular role of Carmen in a ballet version at the Alhambra in London in 1903. Here, Pal captures her energetic and expressive style that entranced audiences across Europe and the United States. DFP-II 700.