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ERTÉ

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ERTÉ
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>ERTÉ </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; text-transform:uppercase'>Father of Art Deco</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR>Born Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990). The “Father of Art Deco,” was born in St. Petersburg. He was a fashion illustrator in the ‘20s and creator of visual spectacle for French music-hall revues. Erté was designer for stars Lillian Gish, Josephine Baker, Anna Pavlova and others. He later extended his art to include sculpture, most notably in bronze, which are displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY and London. Offered is a superb limited edition color embossed seriograph with foil stamping entitled <i>Moon Garden</i>, signed in bold pencil by the artist and numbered 233/250 in Roman Numerals at lower margin. Overall 38½"x29". Tiny tear at bottom paper with no paper loss; o/w Fine. Unframed. Of the 250 prints made, 125 were destroyed by fire or water damaged. Very desirable.</span></p>