MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 25-27 November 2019
25 November 2019
*§ 240. ERTÉ (ROMAN DE TIRTOFF) (1892–1990)
Exposition Universelle Paris 1900, Set Design for the Musical Revue "Flying Colours", signed, also further signed, stamped with the artist's studio stamp and inscribed "Paris - Exposition 1900/(Float)/Expo67" on the reverse.
Gouache on paper, 50 by 81.5 cm.
5,000–7,000 GBP
Provenance: Private collection, Florida.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
The present lot is Erté’s set design for the musical revue Flying Colours, produced by Leon Leonidoff and starring Maurice Chevalier, which was a part of the programme of the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal.
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