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This publisher’s proof depicts the Queen of the Night from “The Magic Flute” opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with four attendants holding the hem of her elaborate gown against a black background, surrounded on the left, bottom, and right edges by a gold star border. Numbered, in chalk, lower left, signed “Erté”, in chalk, lower right. Merrill Chase, Chicago, IL, gallery label, en verso. Housed under glass in a giltwood frame with a black linen liner with a giltwood fillet. Property of Milligan University, Milligan, Tennessee. source: Case Antique / Case Auctions


Kadel & Hebert :: «Centipede crown». Coiffe portée par l’actrice Paulette Duval. Etats-Unis, 1926 Tirage argentique. | Galerie Lumière des Roses
Centipede crown (1926) — un regard oblique

![Tilly Losch [1904-1974] German show dancer from the 1930s. Previously a solo dancer at the State Opera. In 1931 she married American millionaire Edward James. She acts in two films, which, however, do not make her famous. Spaarnestad Photo. Het Leven](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tilly-losch-1904-1974-duitse-showdanseres-uit-de-dertiger-jaren.-voordien-solodanseres-bij-de-staatopera.-in-1931-trouwt-zij-met-de-amerikaanse-miljonair-edward-james.-zij-acteert-in-ee.jpeg)
![Edward Henry Weston (1886 - 1958) :: [Woman in Asian Costume], 1917 | The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/edward-weston-woman-in-asian-costume-1917-the-j.-paul-getty-museum-collection.jpg)



