Lot 62: Folies en Folie/Mistinguett.

Folies en Folie/Mistinguett.
PAUL SELTEN (Seltenhammer)
Delattre, Paris
Cond A-/Horizontal fold.
It was in this revue, 'Folies en Folies,' that Mistinguett created her most famous song, C'est vrai" (It's true) . . . Selten . . . a regular collaborator of the Folies-Bergere . . . was given the honor of producing the poster for the show. He did a fine job. Two rows of boys shaded from grey to black surround the Miss. Three hands (two black and one grey, a skillful color scheme) try to hold her. She-frail but delighted-smiles. Her arms are covered with the usual bracelets, her famous legs (at the time insured for the price of a private house on the Champs-Elysees) are barely hidden by a veil'" (Folies-Bergere, p. 12). This is the rare, before-letters smaller format.
1933
11 1/4 x 31 in./28.6 x 78.6 cm