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Lot 154
[BAKER, Josephine (1906-1975)]. A pair of programs for the Folies Bergère featuring Josephine Baker, 1926 and 1937.
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[BAKER, Josephine (1906-1975)]. A pair of programs for the Folies Bergère featuring Josephine Baker, 1926 and 1937.

La Revue des Folies Bergère...1926-1927. Paris: Editions Artistiques de Paris, 1926. 9 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. Original gilt pictorial wrappers with glassine jacket, featuring a color portrait of a topless Josephine Baker on the title page and richly illustrated (overall very good, minor wear). -- Folies Bergère 1937 en Super-Folies. Paris: n.p., 1937. 9 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. Original gilt pictorial wrappers with glassine jacket, featuring color reproduction of a nude painting of Josephine Baker tipped to first page, richly illustrated (overall very good, minor wear). Accompanied by insert from Deauville "La Plage Fleurie", 4pp, 9 x 11 1/2 in. (overall very good). Interior with color spread promoting "La Jungle Marveilleuse avec Josephine Baker." -- Together, 2 programs from the Folies Bergère, the famed French cabaret hall where Josephine Baker got her first big break in her career.
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