Poster advertising a Josephine Baker performance at the Folies Bergère

Ranson, Gontran (1891-1977)

Imprimerie Jombart frères (workshop of)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1927
Height:
70.2 cm  (27 5/8 in.)
Width:
40.6 cm  (16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
ink on paper

    Item location

  • Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    [Museum inv. no.: 2016.135.3]To the left of the illustration there are two French postage stamps. Both of the postage stamps have a blue ink stamp over them that reads: ANNULE. The back of the poster has two inscriptions of a number.

Description

A poster advertising a Josephine Baker performance at the Folies Bergère of Un Vent De Folie. An illustration of Baker is a center. Baker is featured upside-down, wearing green gloves, pearls, a green and white bra, and green tights with bells and red fringe. Next to the drawing is the illustrators mark: [Ranson]. Text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: [Folies- Bergère / Joséphine Baker / Hyper-Revue / Un Vent De Folie / Jombart Fres Imp. Asnières].

People as subjects

Baker, Josephine (1906-1975) (Dancer)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4649