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    Classic Art Deco

    London, South Kensington

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    9 February 2000

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    • PÉPA BONAFÉ
    Lot 149

    PÉPA BONAFÉ

    BY JEAN CARLU, 1928

    Price realised

    GBP 1,150

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    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)

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    Literature and exhibited

    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.

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