PIERRE BOBOT, FROM THE ROSELAND BALLROOM, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1947

The Art Deco works of Pierre Bobot were exhibited at the Salon d'Automme in Paris in 1932, 1933 and 1934. In the mid-1940s, he was commissioned to design the wall decorations of one of the most famous dance halls in the world, The Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The Roseland showcased the leading jazz artists and big bands of their day, including McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Casa Loma, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Benny Goodman. The gilt and silver surfaces of Bobot's panels were designed to catch the shifting lights of the ballroom and the motifs evoke the magic of an era.