Erte.  Romain de Tirtoff.  Oriental Tale.  Art Deco.  Lithograph.  1987

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(Titled) Oriental Tale by Tirtoff (1892-1990) depicted a woman wearing voluminous pants and pointed shoes. She is wearing a vibrant headdress rendered in hues of orange and yellow. Her form is outlined in red with a hand holding a paint brush to the lower left corner. A figured rendered in white lines raises their arms to the lower right.

 

A vintage bevel-matted offset lithograph from an Erte fashion book published in 1987.  This is not a reproduction but an actual page from a Erte book of fashions.     The matte is off-white and acid free.

 

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