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About the Work
Based on a 1922 design for a costume called Blue Angel Musician for the George White's Scandals production of George Gershwin's Blue Monday, a one-act "jazz opera." Blue Monday is often considered the blueprint of many of Gershwin's later works and is often considered to be the first piece of symphonic jazz, in that is was the first significant attempt to fuse forms of classical music such as opera with American popular music. The opera was largely influenced by Jazz and the African-American culture of Harlem.
Erté
Angel Melody
1989
serigraph
image size: 50.5 x 28
About the Artist
Erté was born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg, Russia on November 23rd, 1892 and was raised amidst Russia's social elite. At the age of five he created an evening gown for his mother and managed to persuade the adults to craft it, they were astounded by the results. In 1912, Romain left St. Petersburg for Paris at the age of nineteen with the aim of becoming an artist. After working with Paul " Le Magnifique" Poiret on several theatrical productions Romain, still under the pseudonym of Erte, began to work more independently. He hand-crafted original costume and fashion designs for many of the era’s most renowned actresses, including Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish, Marion Davies, Anna Pavlova, Norma Shearer, and others. His masterpieces for the stage included extravagant production designs at venues such as New York’s Radio City Music Hall, the Casino de Paris, and the Paris Opera. In 1915 he began his long professional relationship with Harper's Bazaar and created 240 covers for the esteemed magazine. For 6 months in 1916, Erté simultaneously worked with Vogue as well. As a result of his highly publicized success, Erté would later be called the father of the ‘Art Deco’ movement.
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