Sale 9774
London, South Kensington
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4 June 2014
Price realised
GBP 4,000
Estimate
Romain De Tirtoff 'Erté' (1892-1990) Les Oiseaux, 1926; and Le Scandale, 1925 (one illustrated) both signed 'Erté' (lower right) bodycolour 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.5 cm.); and similar (2)a pair
Provenance
both with The Grosvenor Gallery, London.
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