Tailleferre, Germaine. (1892-1983). Original Portrait Photograph from the Tailleferre Collection.
Original doubleweight portrait, ca. 1920, of the French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. 4.3 x 6.6 inches; 11 x 16 cm, photographer unknown, with the handwritten initials of Germaine Tailleferre on the verso. Provenance: Germaine Tailleferre; Ornella VOLTA (1927-1920) author of nine books and countless articles on Érik Satie, creator of the Érik SATIE Foundation in 1981. Slightly trimmed, small stain to upper edge, corners lightly dinged, else fine.
Tailleferre studied at the Paris Conservatory where her skills were rewarded with prizes in several categories and where she met Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc. With her new friends, she soon was associating with the artistic crowd in the Paris districts of Montmartre and Montparnasse, where in the atelier of one of her painter friends, the initial idea for Les Six began. The publication of Jean Cocteau's manifesto Le coq et l'Arlequin resulted in Henri Collet's media articles that led to instant fame for the group, of which Tailleferre was the only female member.
Tailleferre, Germaine. (1892-1983). Original Portrait Photograph from the Tailleferre Collection.
Original doubleweight portrait, ca. 1920, of the French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. 4.3 x 6.6 inches; 11 x 16 cm, photographer unknown, with the handwritten initials of Germaine Tailleferre on the verso. Provenance: Germaine Tailleferre; Ornella VOLTA (1927-1920) author of nine books and countless articles on Érik Satie, creator of the Érik SATIE Foundation in 1981. Slightly trimmed, small stain to upper edge, corners lightly dinged, else fine.
Tailleferre studied at the Paris Conservatory where her skills were rewarded with prizes in several categories and where she met Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc. With her new friends, she soon was associating with the artistic crowd in the Paris districts of Montmartre and Montparnasse, where in the atelier of one of her painter friends, the initial idea for Les Six began. The publication of Jean Cocteau's manifesto Le coq et l'Arlequin resulted in Henri Collet's media articles that led to instant fame for the group, of which Tailleferre was the only female member.