Georges JAN (XIX-XXth) The Venetian Night, 1922 Gouache on paper pasted on cardboard Signed and dated 80 x 62 cm Model of the poster for "the Venetian Night" which was the most beautiful party given in Nice and on the Riviera for the 1922-1923 season. It took place on March 17 at the Cercle niçois de l'Artistique. It was a social and transvestite evening, in every way worthy of those which had previously dazzled the people of Nice, and it was a huge success and left a lasting impression on people. Cf. Françoise DEHON-POITOU, Le Cercle de l'Artistique, DEA research thesis, University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis. Georges JAN, on whose biography we lack information, produced numerous illustrations in the twenties on the French Riviera.

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