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in Paris. American Negro art, music and dress, as perceived by the Parisians, Est: $65,000-$75,000.<br />
was tremendously popular. On Rue Blouret a Negro dance hall had opened<br />
its doors and the Parisian smart set gathered there each evening to dance with<br />
themselves and with the blacks ... And as if one night was meant to crown<br />
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money myself for this evening of dance at the Théâtre de Champs-Elysées.<br />
Everyone had to come in Negro costume, even the girls. We had a full house.<br />
All the society people were there. <strong>The</strong>re must have been at least 3,000 people’<br />
... For poster collectors today, [this poster] is the most prized – and most<br />
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285. Le Tumulte Noir. 1929.<br />
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Overall excellent condition, with slight soiling on cover. Contains an<br />
original ink drawing signed by Colin, dedicated to Marcel Gaveau. In<br />
presentation case. Complete.<br />
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period of several years during which black dancers and jazz musicians enjoyed<br />
a great popularity. It all started in 1925 when the troupe then playing at the<br />
Plantation Club in New York City’s Harlem was brought to Paris, and lead<br />
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Charleston. Colin, who was in on the whole thing from the beginning, collected<br />
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forty-eight plates, published in a limited edition of 500, are the result. <strong>The</strong><br />
images were drawn directly on the stone by Colin at the Chachoin plant in Paris<br />
and then stencil-colored (the term for this technique is pochoir). Pulsating with<br />
color and movement, the portfolio contains the very best of Colin’s lithographic<br />
work.<br />
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imaginary opening night attended by everyone in the Paris entertainment<br />
Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre.<br />
world . . . Le Tumulte Noir captures a complex intercultural moment. Through<br />
Est: $3,000-$4,000.<br />
Colin’s drawings, we sense the delight and disorientation that Paris experienced<br />
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Est: $25,000-$30,000.<br />
287. Bal des Arts. �����<br />
PAUL COLIN (Continued)<br />
286. Bal Renoir / Moulin de la Galette: Maquette. 1956.<br />
6 1 �� x 8 1 �� in./15.8 x 21 cm<br />
Signed gouache & ink maquette. Framed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> smaller of two known preliminary designs for Colin’s suave<br />
composition in green and black for the Bal Renoir at the famous<br />
15 5 �8 x 23 5 �8 in./39.7 x 60 cm<br />
Imp. S. A. Courbet, Paris<br />
Cond A-/Slight tears at edges.<br />
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Held at the Hotel Salomon de Rotschild, this poster for an annual arts ball<br />
shows a painting literally coming to life to dance with an alabaster female<br />
sculpture.<br />
Est: $800-$1,000.<br />
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