Catalogue 32 - Marilyn Braiterman

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CARICATURE/CINEMA
91. SPAT (GABRIEL S. PATLAGEAN). VEDETTES
MONDIALES DE L’ÉCRAN.
Preface by Louis Delluc and Commentary by André Daven. Paris
1923. 4to, stiff wrappers in mauve with all-over swirl design in deep
blue, black and darker mauve; paper cover label. Fine. Of 92 copies,
this is number 54 of the Japan Imperial paper issue with coloring
retouched by the artist.
With 32 clever color caricatures of “world stars of the screen” by
SPAT, pseudonym of Gabriel S. Patlagean, who is described in the
preface as a young Russian sculptor. I can find no further information
on this artist, but he was a brilliant caricaturist. Each caricature with a
brief literary portrait by André L. Daven. Louis Delluc, an important
figure in French cinema was a director, script writer and critic of
contemporary French and American film. (The Prix Louis Delluc is
given to the best French film every year.)
91.
Film stars caricatured include Jackie Coogan, Lilian Gish, Constance
and Norma Talmadge, Douglas Fairbanks, Pola Negri, Nazimova,
Mary Pickford, Lady Diana Manners, Sessue Hayakawa, William
Hart and Charlie Chaplin. $2000
92.
Marilyn Braiterman