Page 54 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013

PHILIPPE PETIT (1900-1945)
61 ● CLOTILDE & ALEXANDRE / SAKHAROFF. 1927.
261/2x17 3/4 inches, 67 1/4 x45 cm. Crété, Paris.
Condition B+: minor staining and discoloration in margins and image; restoration in top margin. Matted
and framed.
Clotilde and Alexandre Sakharoff danced together for 40 years. They commissioned many poster
artists to advertise their performances, including George Barbier and Obrad Nicolitch. Petit designed
two posters for the pair, each in a soft Art Deco style. This is the smaller format. [2,000/3,000]
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
62 ● BALLETS RUSSES DE DIAGHILEW. 1939.
61x34 inches, 155x86 cm.
Condition A-: creases in image. Framed.
For half a century, the brilliant and charming Jean Cocteau was one of the pillars of the Parisian artistic
scene. He was an artist, painter, writer and movie director. Wizard of the Boeuf sur le Toit and friend
of the cubists and surrealists, he was everywhere something artistically new and important was taking
place. In 1911 he designed two posters for the Ballets Russes, one featuring Nijinksy and the other,
Tamara Karasavina. The image for the later he re-used in 1939 to advertise an exhibition about the
famous ballet troupe. [1,500/2,000]
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