21 Photo Promotional Cards for L'Exposition Coloniale Performances; Pernod Fils pavilion

by Joséphine Baker, Photographer: Lucien Lorelle

$5,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus

Paris: Studio Lorelle, 1931. 21 small format black-and-white photographic cards 5 1/8 x 2 5/8 featuring portraits of Baker by photographer Lucien Lorelle 1894-1968 . The cards promoted Baker's appearances at the Pernod Fils pavilion during the 1931 Paris Colonial Exhibition, where she sold recordings and books to benefit colonial charities. Each card presents a different pose and costume, documenting the range of Baker's performance personae. Baker appears

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