Folies Bergere...Original 1970's Burlesque Poster.

A FABULOUS ORIGINAL 1970S LARGE FOLIES BERGERE POSTER BY ARTIST ALAIN GOURDON AKA ASLAN. IT DEPICTS A SEMI CLAD, SEQUINNED SHOWGIRL WITH TOP HAT AND PINK AND WHITE FEATHER BOA. SIGNED IN THE PRINT "ASLAN" WITH DETAILS OF THE SHOW "HELENE MARTINI PRESENTE FOLIE JE T'ADORE, FASTUEUX SPECTACLE DE MICHEL GYARMATHY" AND PRINTED IN YELLOW "FOLIES BERGERE" ACROSS THE TOP. 
 
MICHEL GYARMATHY CREATED ALL THE COSTUMES AND SETS AT THIS TIME FOR THE FOLIES BERGERE SHOWS. HELENE MARTINI WAS A DANCER WHO WENT BY THE NAME OF "THE COUNTESS" AND "THE EMPRESS OF THE NIGHT" AND LATER RAN FOLIE BERGERE AND OTHER NIGHT CLUBS IN PARIS AND LAS VEGAS. 
 
 ALAIN GOURDON WAS BORN IN BORDEAUX IN 1930 AND WAS ORIGINALLY A SCULPTURE AND PAINTER WHO WAS NOMINATED OFFICIAL ARMY PAINTER AFTER THE WAR. IN THE EARLY 1950S HE DID MORE ILLUSTRATION WORK FOR WELL KNOWN BRANDS LIKE FIAT, PEUGEOT, RENAULT, THE CASINO DE PARIS, THE CRAZY HORSE SALOON, AND FOLIES BERGERE. HE ILLUSTRATED FOR FOLIES BERGERE BETWEEN 1953 AND 1963.
 
42x60 inches.
 
Fine on linen