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"Jazz Club Dancing, Paris, " Quintessential 1920s Painting by Paul Colin

About the Item

Painted by Paul Colin, one of the artists who helped define the elegance of 1920s Paris, and in particular the rising prominence of jazz clubs which featured Josephine Baker and other Black performers, this piece features a couple dancing to a modern tune with high energy, their arms and legs at acute angles which echoed the geometries of high style Art Deco form. The Black male figure is the height of fashion in his tuxedo, and the female figure is wearing a thin, diaphanous, pale green dress that is pulled up to reveal a hint of her back side. Stylized and sensual at the same time, it captures with great economy an era that came and went within a few years. The painting is gouache and charcoal on pale yellow paper, and is signed. (Dimensions include the black matte; the visible painting is 18 inches high by 12 inches wide.).
  • Creator:
    Paul Colin (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa Late 1920s
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor wrinkling to paper.
  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU865129172152
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