Josephine & Jazz : Maquette. ca. 1930. Paul Colin.
8 3/8 x 11 in./21.3 x 28 cm
Oh yeah. That’s Josephine Baker dancing on top of a piano while the musicians cluster below, and the Eiffel Tower itself swings in syncopation. Classic Paul Colin, it’s also got a little bit of Chagall in it, n'est ce pas? An absolute treasure of the Jazz Age.
Having to go back a few years and to the steep hillsides of Nagasaki to find some pics of these cool cats for #猫の日 - cat day, here in Japan.
These pictures were taken while exploring the streets above and around the Hollander Slope, an area of Nagasaki City which became one of Japan’s leading expat scenes when Western traders and diplomats set up shop in the area in the 19th century.
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