PÉPA BONAFÉ
BY JEAN CARLU, 1928
lithograph in colours, printed by Marcel Picard, Paris
22½ x 14½in. (57 x 37cm.)
accompanied by the book 'Arts et Métiers Granphiques Paris' (2)
Literature
Rétrospective Jean Carlu, Musée de l'Affiche, Paris, 1981, Polygraphique Mang, Paris, no.14v
Lot Essay
Carlu depicts the comedienne Pépa Bonafé behind the masks of comedy and tragedy, showing both their contrast and their close inspirational relationship.