THE GALLERY CLOSING SALE PART 2
Lot 125:
Description
Erté Pencil Signed serigraph of woman Circa 1975. Art Measures 18"H x 12.5"W approx. Frame Measures 31.5"H x 25"W approx. After a period of relative obscurity in the 1940s and 1950s, Erte’s characteristic style found a new and enthusiastic market in the 1960s, and the artist responded to a renewed demand by creating a series of colorful lithographic prints and sculptures. At the age of seventy-five, Erte was encouraged to embark on a new career and began to recreate the remarkable designs of his youth in bronze and serigraphy. The ‘Art Deco’ movement was hence reborn. In 1976 the French government awarded Erte the title of Officer of Arts and Letters, and in 1982 the Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris was bestowed upon him. A lifetime of international success and recognition has ensured this unique artist’s place in the chronicles of art history. Today, some of his original designs still grace the permanent collections of prestigious museums throughout the world including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
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