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PAUL COLIN (1892-1986)
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JOSEPHINE BAKER / DISQUES COLUMBIA. 1930.
30
3
/
4
x23 inches, 78x58
1
/
2
cm. Couesnon Ste. Ame., Paris.
Condition A.
This is one of the rarest of Paul Colin’s posters featuring Jazz Age performers, and the last poster he
designed for his muse, Josephine Baker. It was issued to promote the recordings of songs from her
nightclub act, “Paris qui Remue,” which opened in September 1930. Colin uses one of his favorite
tricks, placing Josephine’s bust in a slanted frame. He surrounds her portrait with lithe, free-hand
drawings of the dancer, like the ones he used in numerous publications beginning with her memoirs in
1927. The image is a tribute to Baker as both a singer and a dancer. Weill p. 209. Josephine Baker pl.
35.
[8,000/12,000]