Umberto Brunelleschi, Robe du Soir, Engraving, 1920

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Colored pochoir engraving, with author's signature, entitled Robe du soir de chez Marie-Louise Barclay
from La Guirlande, monthly art and … more Colored pochoir engraving, with author's signature, entitled Robe du soir de chez Marie-Louise Barclay
from La Guirlande, monthly art and literature magazine, 1920
Some yellowing and signs of aging consistent with age
Umberto Brunelleschi was an Italian artist. He was born in Montemurlo, Italy, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and moved to Paris in 1900 with Ardengo Soffici where he soon established himself as a typographer, book illustrator, set designer and costume designer. He worked for Le Rire as a caricaturist (often under the pseudonym Aroun-al-Raxid or Aron-al-Rascid) and collaborated on many of France's luxury fashion publications including Journal des Dames et Des Modes, La Vie Parisienne, Gazette du Bon Ton and Les Feuillets d'Art. Brunelleschi was also the artistic director of the short but significant La Guirlande d'art et de la littérature 1919-1920. After serving in the Italian army during World War I, he returned to Paris. In the 1920s he diversified by creating sets and costumes for the Folies Bergère, the Casino de Paris, the Théâtre du Châtelet and theaters in New York, Germany, and his native country. In Italy, he worked for opera houses such as La Scala in Milan and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. He created costumes for Josephine Baker. Among his illustrated books we remember Voltaire (Candide, 1933), Charles Perrault (Contes du temps jadis, 1912), Musset (La Nuit vénitienne), Goethe, Diderot (Les Bijoux indiscrets, etc.), Les Masques et les personnages de la Comédie italienne, 1914; Phili ou Par delà le bien et le mal, 1921; Le Radjah de Mazulipatam, 1925; Le Malheureux Petit Voyage, 1926; and Les Aventures du roi Pausole, 1930. Umberto Brunelleschi died in 1949 in Paris (Source: artvee.com)
Dimensions: engraving 19x13 cm
sheet 27x19 cm less