Astonishing poster program, since both sides,... - Lot 157 - Vermot et Associés

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Astonishing poster program, since both sides,... - Lot 157 - Vermot et Associés
Astonishing poster program, since both sides, of the True Costumed Sports Ball organized by the Union of Russian Artists in Paris. Friday, July 11, 1924 at the Taverne de l'Olympia (28 bd des Capucines) from midnight to 6am. Under an original drawing by Barthe and a musical scope by Germaine Tailleferre, the program. This ball is dedicated to Apollo, God of Olympus, and the great Olympiad of Colombes, as well as to Dempsey, Carpentier, Criqui, Strangler Lewis, Tilden, Lenglen, Babe Ruth, Charlie Chaplin, Icarus, Leonardo da Vinci, the Wright brothers, Blériot, the Trojan horse, the Gallic cock, the dragon from China, the carrier pigeon HB 28... The room will be decorated in one hour in the presence of the public record speed of decoration by 50 artists including Marie Wassilieff, Aragon, Bourdelle, Braque, Bilinsky, Brancusi, Chana Orloff, Cendrars, Chagall, Derain, Delaunay, Dufy, Gris, Gleize, Laboureur, Mayakovsky, Léger, Laurancin, Segonzac, Pascin, Satie, Zadkine, Uter...or Picasso. 300 posters with original drawings will be exhibited in Paris. On the back, under a large design by Goncharova, the program with sports dances, Japanese sports with Foujita, etc... There will even be a general Foot Ball with multicolored balls prepared by Fotinsky and Bogoutsky. Admission price 30f, 15 for artists. A brilliant and overlooked facet of the great creations around the Games. 65 x 25 cm Small repairs and a transparent strip consolidate a margin. We could have reframed it. We refused to do so. Museum piece
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