British Art Pottery - 25 Nov 2009

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A gouache on paper of a dancer wearing the Banana Dance costume by Dodo Burgner

£100 - £200 £180

A gouache on paper of a dancer wearing the Banana Dance costume by Dodo Burgner, annotated in pen, the reverse with a pencil preparatory drawing, and six other watercolour designs unsigned sheet 31 x 24cm. The woman in the Banana Dance dress is probably a portrait of Josephine Baker. In 1928 Dodo produced a design for Ulk of a woman with her scottie dog staring up in awe at a poster of Josephine Baker in Revue dressed in the infamous banana costume.

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