Original costume design by Jose de Zamora.(not signed)
Written in the graphite on the left "Domino" (un domino est un costume de carnaval, composé d’un manteau avec capuche / Domino is a carnival costume, consisting of a coat with hood)
Dated approximately on 1925
Gouache on thick glazed paper
size: 9¼ x 12¼"
Very Good Condition

José de Zamora (Spanish, 1890-1971) José de Zamora started with Paul Poiret for whom he designed many models, often unjustly attributed to Poiret himself. As early as the 1920s, he developed his talent for the Casino de Paris (1920-1921), the Bataclan, the Concert Mayol (1922-1927), the Palace (1923-1928), the Moulin Rouge (1924-1927) and the Folies Bergère (1926-1929). In the thirties the Spanish Civil War took him back to Spain. He reappeared in 1940, working at the Casino de Paris until 1961 and at the Mogador (1947-1957). In the mid-1960s he returned to Spain and committed suicide in 1971, following the preparation of an exhibition about his work (http://www.collection-piollet.com/)