Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act

Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act is an original modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).

Mixed colored gouache on paper.

Hand signed on the lower margin. 

Titled and numbered "9893" on the back.

Includes frame

Provenance :
- Erté personal collection.
- Serge Leeman collection.

Erté is responsible for the costumes and sets for Les Mamelles de Tirésias. This opera bouffe in two acts by Francis Poulenc based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire was presented at the Opéra-comique on June 3, 1947.

Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté. He was a 20th-century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.

“Not only do I do what I want to do, but I do my work in my own way and never have been influenced by another artist.” Erté