[Dance] [Shimmy] Telly, Vincent. & Halet, Laurent. [Girbal, Gaston. (1888 - 1978)]. Dansez le Shimmy. Paris: Telly et Halet [by the authors]. 1921. First Edition. Graphically interesting sheet music featuring an illustration of a crooning banjo player, as well as the names of some of the song's interpreters. 7 x 10.5 inches. 4 pp. Small tears to the right edge, else a fine and bright copy.
The striking illustration is by Gaston Girbal, the French illustrator and painter known for his posters for the Folies Bergère, Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Genevieve Guitry, Casino de Paris and for his over 70 sheet music covers from 1920 to 1940.
The striking illustration is by Gaston Girbal, the French illustrator and painter known for his posters for the Folies Bergère, Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Genevieve Guitry, Casino de Paris and for his over 70 sheet music covers from 1920 to 1940.
[Dance] [Shimmy] Telly, Vincent. & Halet, Laurent. [Girbal, Gaston. (1888 - 1978)]. Dansez le Shimmy. Paris: Telly et Halet [by the authors]. 1921. First Edition. Graphically interesting sheet music featuring an illustration of a crooning banjo player, as well as the names of some of the song's interpreters. 7 x 10.5 inches. 4 pp. Small tears to the right edge, else a fine and bright copy.
The striking illustration is by Gaston Girbal, the French illustrator and painter known for his posters for the Folies Bergère, Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Genevieve Guitry, Casino de Paris and for his over 70 sheet music covers from 1920 to 1940.
The striking illustration is by Gaston Girbal, the French illustrator and painter known for his posters for the Folies Bergère, Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Genevieve Guitry, Casino de Paris and for his over 70 sheet music covers from 1920 to 1940.