Erte

The following set of postcards are from a postcard book I ordered. The art featured on these postcards was done by the artist Erte (aka Romain de Tirtoff). The book listing on amazon is here. When I saw this I just had to get it, and I actually ordered two copies. I wanted one copy to keep and one copy to actually send out on postcrossing.


This postcard features a costume design by Erte for a parrot in the ballet Paradise, Bal Tabarin, 1938.

This piece is called "Adam and Eve", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Spring Rain", serigraph, completed in 1982.


This postcard features a costume design by Erte for Madame Butterfly in the revue number "Heroines", Teatro Calderon, Barcelona, 1945.

This postcard features a costume design by Erte for a gypsy dancer in a show at the Lido, Paris, 1942.

This piece is a costume design by Erte for Ganna Walska as Gilda, Act II, Rigoletto, Chicago Opera Company, 1922. The coloring got a bit distorted in this one. The green is much darker on the actual postcard.

This piece is called "The Dancer" from the suite At the Theatre, serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Trapeze" from the suite At the Theatre, serigraph, completed in 1982.
This piece is a costume design for Ganna Walska in Manon, 1920.

This piece is a costume design by Erte for a slave of Salome in the scene "Femmes Fatales", George White's Scandals, New York, 1926.

This piece is called "Nature's Vanity", serigraph, completed in 1982.


This piece is called "Symphony in Black" from the suite At the Theatre, serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "The Surprises of the Sea", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Fantasia", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Swept Away", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "The Coming of Spring", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Harlequin", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "The Pursuit of Flore", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Freedom and Captivity", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Sleeping Beauty", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Her Secret Admirers", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This postcard features a costume design by Erte, for a fan-bearing slave girl in Legendary Kings, Theatre Femina, Paris, 1919.

This piece is called "Oriental Tale", serigraph, completed in 1982.

This piece is called "Stolen Kisses" by Erte, it was a serigraph & completed in 1982.