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Henri CALMELS (20th century) Suzy Solidor as a mermaid at the helm, circa 1935. Mixed media on paper (gouache, pencil, collage). Bears the caption: "She tells the sailor the song of the wind and the waves. In the danger that threatens him, he resists hard and tenacious to the memory of Suzy Solidor's golden voice". 44 x 51 cm The famous cabaret singer Suzy Solidor, from Saint-Servan near Saint-Malo, loved to be the muse of artists. The Château-Musée Grimaldi in Cagnes-sur-Mer boasts a large collection of her portraits by the greatest painters of her time (Kees Van Dongen, Picabia, Dufy, Kisling, Foujita, Tamara de Lempicka, Laurencin, etc.).
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Henri CALMELS (20th century) Suzy Solidor as a mermaid at the helm, circa 1935. Mixed media on paper (gouache, pencil, collage). Bears the caption: "She tells the sailor the song of the wind and the waves. In the danger that threatens him, he resists hard and tenacious to the memory of Suzy Solidor's golden voice". 44 x 51 cm The famous cabaret singer Suzy Solidor, from Saint-Servan near Saint-Malo, loved to be the muse of artists. The Château-Musée Grimaldi in Cagnes-sur-Mer boasts a large collection of her portraits by the greatest painters of her time (Kees Van Dongen, Picabia, Dufy, Kisling, Foujita, Tamara de Lempicka, Laurencin, etc.).
