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Josephine Baker et La Revue Negre Lithographies Book by Paul Colin, Paris 1927

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Josephine Baker and La Revue Negre: Paul Colin's Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris, 1927, by Paul Clin and Henry Louis Gates Jr. French Book edited by Editions de La Martiniere in 1998. An artist's portfolio of forty-five lithographs--first published in 1927 and repackaged here with a new introduction--captures the African-American spirit during the Jazz Age that took France by storm after World War I. Original. 11,000 first printing. Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age, and African-American performers in 1920s Paris -- all are vividly captured in French artist Paul Colin's limited-edition portfolio of 45 lithographs titled Le Tumulte noir. First published in 1927, Colin's work evokes in brilliant colors and energetic lines the uproar black Americans created in music and dance in Paris after World War I. This book re-creates the look and feels of Colin's Art Deco masterwork by reproducing, in large color plates, all of the lithographs, as well as the original preface by Rip (satirist George Thenon) and Josephine Baker's handwritten commentary. In a new introduction to the portfolio, scholars Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Karen C. C. Dalton celebrate those spirited times, and the woman who, clad in next to nothing and dancing the Charleston, took a city by storm. When graphic designer Paul Colin published a limited edition of lithographs he'd made of dancer Josephine Baker and her revue in Paris in 1927, the French fascination with American jazz musicians and dancers was at its peak--and the 500 hand-colored copies quickly sold out. The 45 lithographs collected under the title "Le Tumulte Noir" (the book's notes list uproar, frenzy, sensation, brouhaha, and craze among the possible translations for the word "Tumulte") include a dynamic sketch of Baker in her famous banana skirt, a chalklike drawing of a jazz band in full swing, a feather-bedecked woman dancing in the rain, an interracial flapper couple kicking up their heels, and other images that capture the joie de vivre of the era. Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduces this edition of the lithographs with an essay that reminds readers of the haven African Americans found in France at a time when overt racism and bigotry were rampant in the United States. He then maps the wild success the new musical form of jazz, and its beloved interpreter Baker achieved there. Colin's lithographs are faithfully reproduced in the same size and vertical orientation as the original edition with just the three colors he employed, the original title page, and Baker's own handwritten forward to the work. This is a beautiful coffee table art book. Features: Title: Josephine Baker et la Revue Negre. Lithographies du Tumulte Noir par Paul Colin, Paris, 1927. Author: Paul Colin - Henry Louis Gates Jr., Karen C. C. Dalton. Softcover book. Language: French. 45 full-color lithograph illustrations. 64 pages. Dimensions: 10.63 in. x 14.57 in. (27 x 37 cm). Translated from English by Delphine Negre and published in 1998 by Editions de La Martiniére.

Dimensions:
Height: 14.57 in (37 cm)Width: 10.63 in (27 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1990-1999
Date of Manufacture:
1998
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Plastic protection on the softcover jacket.
Seller Location:
Atlanta, GA
Reference Number:
Seller: LIV0291stDibs: LU1632229412052

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