Null Paul COLIN (1892-1985)
Presumed portrait of Josephine Baker
Gouache on pape…

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Paul COLIN (1892-1985) Presumed portrait of Josephine Baker Gouache on paper. Signed lower left. 26 x 17 cm

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Paul COLIN (1892-1985) Presumed portrait of Josephine Baker Gouache on paper. Signed lower left. 26 x 17 cm

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Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Paul COLIN (1892-1985) The Black Tumult, [1925] Oil on panel. Signed and dated lower right. 156 x 116 cm Provenance : - Paul Colin sale, Maître Claude Robert, Hôtel Drouot, March 19, 1970, Paris, n° 1. - Jean Roudillon Collection. Acquired from the latter. As a young man from Nancy, he moved to Paris to gain recognition as a painter, and was fortuitously chosen in 1925 to design the poster for the Revue Nègre and its star Joséphine Baker: overnight, he became the leading poster artist and decorator for Parisian shows. After the Liberation, he devoted himself to post-war commemorations, and received advertising commissions from major national companies, which became increasingly rare over time... He returned to his brushes to reinterpret the posters that had made his name, exhibited them and organized public sales, notably with Maître Claude Robert on March 21, 1969 and March 19, 1970. The most successful were, of course, the portraits of Josephine Baker, which he always dated to 1925, his favorite year. Ours is No. 1, as indicated on the back, from the 1970 sale, entitled "Le tumulte noir" (an album that actually dates from 1927!), of which he reinterprets one of the best plates. It's far from a nostalgic whiff: he reinvents Joséphine with a totally new breath; the cold, flat colors of art-deco are replaced by free form, substance and bold colors. The black silhouette is vividly stylized, the white outline random, the gray background vibrant. This is undeniably Colin at his best.

Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

Paul COLIN (1892-1985) L'enfant et les sortilèges de Colette, by Maurice Ravel. Gouache signed and titled lower right, dedicated lower left. 28 x 40 cm (paper slightly warped) Provenance: Former Jean Claude Bellier collection.

Estim. 250 - 350 EUR

Paul Colin, French 1892-1985, A Dancer With a Banana Skirt; with stamped signature, and monogram printer's stamp, image: 67 x 48 cm, (unframed) (ARR)

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Paul COLIN (1892 - 1985) Airplane pilots Chromolithography. Not canvas-backed. Imp. Hachard & Cie, Paris. Signed lower right. (Tears, folds marked and missing). 120 x 81 cm

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