Erte': My Life/My Art : An Autobiography - Hardcover

Erte

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ISBN 10: 0525248099 ISBN 13: 9780525248095

Publisher: E. P. Dutton, 1989

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More than just an account of his life, Erte provides in My Life/My Art a broad, illustrated survey of his work. Fine examples of each category - fashion design, magazine covers, theater design, graphics, industrial design, sculpture, objets d'art, jewelry, medallions, posters, etc. - are handsomely reproduced in color on fine coated paper. This is the definitive Erte book for those who collect or just admire his work.

At that period of my life I was rather fond of the social whirl. It intrigued me because it was still a novelty. As a boy in St. Petersburg, with the exception of family dinners and celebration, I had gone to very few parties. Since my sister and most of my cousins were several years older than myself, my childhood had been unusually solitary. But my "social-butterfly" phase in Paris was soon over, and the parties began to seem boring and monotonous. Above all, they interfered with hard, conscientious work for which I always had a consuming passion. As I achieved some degree of success, I began to feel more and more strongly that I had a responsibility to develop, to the highest possible point, the talent God had given me. This feeling of responsibility became a motivating force in shaping the future course of my life. It is still one of the cornerstones of my artistic and personal credo.

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