BAL BANAL, organisé par l’Union des Artistes Russes
Original admission ticket for the Bal Banal of the Union des Artistes Russes, held Friday 14 March 1924 at Salle Bullier, Paris. The small colour woodcut ticket, designed 1923/24 by Natalia Gontcharova and plate-signed “N. Gontcharova,” is numbered 2962, printed recto only in two colours, and bears two Union stamps. In a handy c. 16 × 22.5 cm format, it fuses function with graphic flair—a rare survivor of the famed artists’ balls linking the Russian émigré scene to Montparnasse.
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BAL BANAL, organisé par l’Union des Artistes Russes
1924 | Paris
Rare plate-signed admission ticket for the Bal Banal, numbered and stamped. A preserved shard of a night of art, music and masquerade; modest in scale, large in meaning.
Original admission ticket for the Bal Banal of the Union des Artistes Russes, held Friday 14 March 1924 at Salle Bullier, Paris. The small colour woodcut ticket, designed 1923/24 by Natalia Gontcharova and plate-signed “N. Gontcharova,” is numbered 2962, printed recto only in two colours, and bears two Union stamps. In a handy c. 16 × 22.5 cm format, it fuses function with graphic flair—a rare survivor of the famed artists’ balls linking the Russian émigré scene to Montparnasse.
€350
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Format
Divers
Edition Particulars
Very good condition; two-colour woodcut; two Union stamps.
Copy Number
No. 2962
Product DETAIL
The ticket encapsulates Gontcharova’s blend of folk ornament and modern reduction: a two-colour woodcut that suggests volume and cadence. The plate signature fixes it as an artist’s print on a utilitarian carrier. Colour blocks choreograph the gaze and articulate text fields. As a pocket poster it poises between décor and sign, lure and autonomous image.
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