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Joséphine Baker at Bobino €12,056
The Casino de Paris and the music-hall in general
were the focus of this Paris sale glittering with
rhinestones and sequins (Arts Talents Enchères
auction house). After two days of sales on 26 and
27 January, the total came to €380,730, after estimates
ranging from €120,000 to €140,000.
We start with a famous queen of the stage,
Josephine Baker. A dress made by André Levasseur
based on a design by Niki de Saint Phalle for
her final show went up to €12,056. The front
of this is decorated with feather ornaments
and polychrome sequins. Bobino hosted this
production celebrating 50 years of Baker's career.
The first show was given on 8 April 1975, before
an audience of celebrities. On 12 April, she died
from a brain haemorrhage. This dress was bought
by the British owner of a riad in Marrakech where
the chorus girl captain had stayed during the
Forties. We now turn to the Moulin Rouge and
another star, Mistinguett. A stage dress by
Gessmar from around 1920 stayed within its
estimate at €10,150. Painted and embroidered
with rhinestones, it sports a rich, stylised vegetal
composition featuring the singer as an angel in
the centre...
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