An exhibit of original works by art deco icon Erté will include almost 170 items as well as other period pieces that characterized the movement of style and design. "Erté and the Era of Art Deco" will ...

In the first of our Art Deco Centenary profiles, we look at the Russian-French artist and designer Romain de Tirtoff – better known as Erté – who became credited as "the father of art deco". While the ...

Is there a more costume-conscious city anywhere than here? Maybe not. We Crescent City residents are an army of self-styled designers, armed with pinking shears, sewing machines, box knives and hot ...

Sight size: 19.75"L x 26.50"H size: 23.75"L x 30.50"H x 1"W ...

FEATURING 170+ WORKS BY THE “FATHER OF ART DECO” & ITEMS INSPIRED BY THE ROARING TWENTIES The curated installation will feature nearly 170 original works by Erté - the oft-called “Father of Art Deco” ...

Image shown, above: detail from La Bergère de France and her Page, 1923. Design for the revue La Femme et le Diable, originally for L’Apollo Théâtre, Paris, and later at the Winter Gardens, New York.

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

A month or two after starting his first job at a Parisian fashion house in 1912, Romain de Tirtoff was given some advice. “Do whatever you want in life,” his boss told him, “except try to draw. You ...

The retrospective featured two floors of rare prints, limited edition serigraphs, and bronze sculptures. It also showed The Clasp, a $780,000 jeweled evening bag inspired by an Erté design from 1926.