WLADYSLAW THEODOR BENDA Woman with headdress and balloons. Cover illustration for The American Magazine, May 1933. Gouache on paper. 400x292 mm; 15 3/4x11 1/2 inches. Signed "W. T. Benda" in lower right.
Benda illuminates the beauty's form from the upper right so that she stands out dramatically against the black background. Her luminous appearance and Carnivale-esque headdress, balloons and streamers, communicate a spirit of glamour and celebration.
