Erté—A Pseudonym for Romain de Tirtoff

This beautiful Art Deco poster highlights Erté's multidisciplinary background as a magazine illustrator, a fine artist, a fashion and costume designer, and a set designer. The work points to the artist's taste for the exotic and the romantic and his lifelong fascination with the human form. The image is derived from Erte's screenprint "L'Amour" from the suite "The Four Emotions".
Framed Erte series "L'Amour" exhibition lithograph poster by Mirage Editions for Grosvernor Gallery London, England, circa 1979. This vintage Art Deco poster was produced by Mirage Editions Inc., 1662 12th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404 in Association with Grosvenor Gallery in London, England and is copyrighted 1979

PostersConditionExcellent
SignatureNot signed
Frame Included
PublisherMirage Editions Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Vintage L'Amour Poster, 1982
Framed :28 " H X 20 " W X 1 " D
Without Frame : 28'H x 20" W

Erté
French-Russian, 1892–1990

Erté—a pseudonym for Romain de Tirtoff—was an influential 20th-century artist whose sleek aesthetic permeated the realms of 20th-century fashion, art, theatre, film, and interior design. Widely celebrated as the “Father of Art Deco,” Erté created glamorous illustrations that reflected a modern luxury and prosperity emphasized by clean lines and geometric patterns found in classical Greek pottery and Japanese woodblock prints. Born in Russia, Erté got his start as a costume designer in the workshop of famed Parisian couturier Paul Poiret, where he would dress dancers and film stars like Josephine Baker and Joan Crawford and design stage sets for Broadway productions and Hollywood films. Also a professional illustrator, Erté designed over 200 covers for Harper’s Bazaar magazine. His paintings and drawings are held in the collections of renowned institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. Erté’s alias comes from the French pronunciation of his initials, R and T.