The Belle Epoque: Fashionable Life in Paris, London and New York, 1870-1914
New York: Stair's Incurable Collector, 1981. Softcover. White wraps. 32 pp. 16 color, 27 bw plates. VG (Ex-owner stamp at title page). Item #7967
This exhibition documents a past in which a privileged few disposed of their leisure time in a series of fleeting divertissements. Introduction by Guy Stair-Sainty; text accompanies each plate. Uncommon examination of the leisure class. Includes mostly works by European artists, such as Beraud, Benoit, Boldini, Boudin, Carrier-Belleuse, Chahine, Galien-Laloue, Helleu, Loir, de Madrazo, Marchetti, de Molins, Morisot, Muschamp, de Nittis, Raffaelli, Rossert, Sanchez, Somm (Sommier), stein, Stevens, Tissot. Americans are Ferris, Hawthorne, Sargent, and Wiles.
Price: $25.00