Poster, Loïe Fuller (Primary Title)
Theater of Loïe Fuller (Primary Title)
Manuel Orazi, Italian, active in Paris, 1860 - 1934 (Artist)
Affiches Artistiques, French, Paris (Printer)
Manuel Orazi began his career around 1892 in Paris, where he worked as an illustrator for various magazines and other publications.This poster, considered by many as Manuel Orazi’s masterpiece,
is among the most representative images associated with French Art Nouveau. The
artist was commissioned to create two posters for venues at the Paris world’s
fair in 1900. One poster was for the Palais de la Danse (Dance Palace), and the
other was an advertisement for the pavilion of Loïe Fuller, an American pioneer
of modern dance. Fuller quickly gained wide popularity after arriving in Paris,
performing her dances, using colored veils and innovative lighting, at the
Folies Bergère. Orazi’s poster captures the lighting and movement in Fuller’s
performances.
Yvonne Brunhammer et al, Art Nouveau Belgium, France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976pp. 112-113, no. 133;
(Other examples cited in Curatorial File)
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