AVANT-GARDE RUSSE.-

Fashion in the year 3022 - Extremely rare leaflet (22 x 14 cm) in two copies from the "Association of Russian Writers and Journalists in Paris" announcing on Sunday 12 March 1922, at 9.30 p.m., at the Claridge's Hotel on the Avenue des Champs Élysées, the organisation of a "Grand Bal travesti artistique (not compulsory) La mode en l'an 3022, grand concours, prizes will be distributed to the most sensational costumes". The jury is composed of J.-H. Rosny aîné, N. Gontchareva, Paul Dermée, Fernand Divoire, Van Dongen, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Lebedeff, etc. It will cost you 30 francs, but: "The people who take part in the Competition will be filmed by the Cinematographic Reviews and will be shown in Cinemas all over the world". (The unprinted versos served as a typed carbon copy of a letter to a "dear Miss friend" whose visit we hope to see, despite all the occupations of the unidentified author).