Washington Earl Revue Negre au Music hall des Champs Elysees

Sale 1998 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 402

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

Washington, Earl. Revue Negre au Music-hall des Champs-Elysees. Woodblock print of Josephine Baker after Paul Colin, 7x51/2 inches image size, wide margins; Signed and dated in pencil beneath the image. [New York, 1926

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A variation of a famous image, originally done by Paul Colin for an advertising poster. "The idea was Colin's, who based on the success of 1925's Revue Negre, wanted to pay tribute to and glorify the 'black craze' that was sweeping through Paris"--Weill and Lowry, Chassaing Collection of French Art Deco Posters - Swann sale of 02 October 2003, lot 41.