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Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
Set Design Sketch, 'Can Can'circa 1949

Not on view
Print of an oversized ruffled ball gown in pearl white and plum purple with bow-trimmed tiers, a tiny dancer in peach and black visible in the lower right corner

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Set Design Sketch, 'Can Can', circa 1949, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of J. Bruce Jacobs, M.D. and Violette Jacobs, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
Russia, active France and United States, 1892-1990
Title
Set Design Sketch, 'Can Can'
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1949
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
13 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (34.29 x 29.53 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Bruce Jacobs, M.D. and Violette Jacobs
Accession Number
M.84.245.15
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Copyright
© Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York