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Manuel Orazi 1860–1934

Théâtre de Loïe Fuller

1900 78¾ h × 24⅛ w in (200 × 61 cm)
estimate: $26,000–30,000
result: $20,160
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Orazi created this Art Nouveau masterpiece to coincide with the 1900 Exposition Universelle. His vision of Loïe Fuller is as original as the performer herself: emerging from a hazy color field anticipating Rothko, she floats upward into erotic form, then bubbles with Japanese family crests—her hair floats as if a Mucha goddess underwater—and then breathes a bouquet of white roses into being. It's one of at least three color variants. Orazi's posters are as seldom-seen as they are magnificent: famous for his exquisite La Maison Moderne poster (see PAI-LXXXV, 400), Orazi also created the Calendrier Magique, an occult themed calendar limited to an auspicious 777 copies. Rare!
Affiches Artistiques Orazi, Paris
literature: (all var but PAI): Posters of Paris, 75; Affiches 1000, 0051; Encyclopédie/Weill, p. 49; Le Coultre p. 222; Weill/Art Nouveau, p. 120; PAI-XCII, 316

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Orazi created this Art Nouveau masterpiece to coincide with the 1900 Exposition Universelle. His vision of Loïe Fuller is as original as the performer herself: emerging from a hazy color field anticipating Rothko, she floats upward into erotic form, then bubbles with Japanese family crests—her hair floats as if a Mucha goddess underwater—and then breathes a bouquet of white roses into being. It's one of at least three color variants. Orazi's posters are as seldom-seen as they are magnificent: famous for his exquisite La Maison Moderne poster (see PAI-LXXXV, 400), Orazi also created the Calendrier Magique, an occult themed calendar limited to an auspicious 777 copies. Rare!

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