Advertisement, cover sheet from the album “Improvisations” — Artists Equity Fund, Inc. presents Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball, May 15, 1953, Hotel Astor. Comb-spine bound pictorial album of 66 colour plates; Limited Edition of 2000 copies; chromolithography on wove paper 305 x 234 mm; marginal holes after plastic comb-spine binding.

Recto: Improvisations | ARTISTS EQUITY | MASQUERADE | BALL | 1953 | may 15 | HOTEL ASTOR | Vertès ||

Verso: “SCHENLEY | DISTRIBUTORS, INC | 350 – 5 AVE NYC. | A. Refregier ||

Reference: Laster’s Fine Art & Antiques; The Cary Collection.

Contributors:

Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961)

Anton Refregier (Russian-American, 1905 – 1979)

Bertram A. Goodman (American, 1904 – 1988)