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Josephine Baker and LA Revue Negre: Paul Colin's Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris, 1927
Josephine Baker and LA Revue Negre Paul Colin's Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris 1927 Author:Paul Colin, Karen C.C. Dalton, Henry Louis Gates Josephine Baker, The Jazz Age, African-American performers in 1920s Paris -- all are vividly drawn in Paul Colin's limited-edition portfolio of forty-five lithographs titled Le Tumulte noir. First published in 1927, the work captures in brilliant colors and energetic lines the uproar black Americans created in music and dance ... more »in Paris after World War I.
This new book re-creates the look and feel of Colin's Art Deco masterwork by reproducing, in large format, all o fthe lithographs, as well as the original preface by Rip (satirist George Thenon) and Baker's own handwritten commentary. In a new introduction to the portfolio, scholars Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Karen C.C. Dalton celebrate those spirited times, and the woman who captured the hearts of a generation. « less