Lot 65: Casino de Paris/Mistinguett/Paris Qui Brille.

Casino de Paris/Mistinguett/Paris Qui Brille.
ZIG (Louis Gaudin, ?-1936)
Centrale Publicite, Paris
Cond A-/Slight stains, largely at edges.
Mistinguett, queen of the French music-hall, had a way of outliving her designers. After her favorite, Gesmar, died in 1928, she switched to Zig. The artist had been a habitue of Montmartre cabarets where he sang and recited at the drop of a beret. Both of them affected a flamboyantly showy style, which exactly suited the Miss persona, and after he proved himself with set and costume designs, she ultimately trusted him with the design of her posters. Zig's poster for Mistinguett's "Paris Dazzles" revue more than lives up to its designation: a bejeweled Mistinguett, pink-tinged feather in one hand, reins of her playful team of blue horses in the other, spotlit against a black background. This is the largest format.
1931
31 3/8 x 86 5/8 in./79.6 x 220 cm