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Keywords: NO RESERVE, ballerina, dancer portrait, watercolor on paper, signed watercolor, theatrical portrait, costume study, female figure, Hungarian artist, Paris school, cabaret style, framed artwork
Summary:
Marcel Vertès "Rose" signed gouache watercolor on paper depicting a ballerina or stage performer shown half length against a soft lavender ground. Signed upper right and presented in a sueded frame.
An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933 to 1952, and he lived in both New York City and Paris, France. In Paris, he was a student at the Academy Julian.
In New York, he was lauded for the original murals at the Cafe Carlyle in the Hotel Carlyle. Vertes was a member of the American Art League, and under the sponsorship of the American Federation of Arts, his work traveled to museums across the country in a celebrity portrait exhibition, "As They Were".
(Paper shows slight discoloration, particularly near the edges. Minor handling wear and some waviness visible. Very slight visible tear at lower left. Sueded frame with general age-related wear. Framed under glass; not examined out of frame.)
Measurement: Visible: 28 1/2 x 21 in. (72.4 x 53.3 cm.), Frame: 35 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. (90.8 x 71.8 cm.) approx
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