Kiss of Love by Erté (ca 1983)

Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: Kiss of Fire, ca. 1983. From  Love and Passion Suite.
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: Kiss of Fire, ca. 1983. [Detail]

Erté (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian/French, 1892-1990) color serigraph on paper with silver, gold, and red foil embossing titled “Kiss of Fire” from the artist’s Love and Passion Suite, numbered 61/300, published circa 1983. Depicts a partially nude male and a female couple in profile standing on a gold surface and dressed in red, orange, and purple flowing garments and headdresses reminiscent of flames, their arms resting on each other’s shoulders, against a black background with a black circular pattern embossed above. Numbered in white pencil, lower left below image, signed “Erte” in white pencil, lower right below image. | quoted from Case Fine Arts & Antiques

Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: Kiss of Fire, ca. 1983. From  Love and Passion Suite.
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: Kiss of Fire, ca. 1983. From the artist’s Love and Passion Suite.
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: Kiss of Fire, ca. 1983. From  Love and Passion Suite.
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: Kiss of Fire, ca. 1983. From the artist’s Love and Passion Suite. (Close up) | Case Fine Arts & Antiques

2 thoughts on “Kiss of Love by Erté (ca 1983)

  1. un maestro di raffinatezza ed eleganza, amo molto le sue opere, uniche e dotate di una grazia inconfondibile. È stato per il disegno dell’epoca liberty quello che per il vetro fu Lalique

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