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Cats of Paris
Cats of Paris
Cats of Paris
Cats of Paris
Cats of Paris
Cats of Paris

Cats of Paris

and Elsewhere

By (author) Lila De Nobili
Edited by Claudie Gastine
Edited by Francesca Simone

$19.95

  • A wonderful gift for all cat lovers
  • Finely drawn sketches, portraits and fantasies by one of the major theatre and opera stage and costume designers of the 20th century
  • Most of the watercolors and pencil drawings of her cats by Lila De Nobili included here are previously unpublished
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Paris cats have been celebrated by painters, writers and chansonniers since the 19th century, when Steinlein created the poster for the cabaret ‘Le Chat noir’. An important place among these artists is occupied by Lila De Nobili, who moved to the French capital in 1945 and never left the 7th arrondissement, its quintessential neighbourhood. She painted and designed stage sets for the Scala in Milan, the Opéra in Paris, the Covent Garden in London and many other theatres. Sought by the most famous directors, she designed costumes for Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Audrey Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman. Just after the events of May 1968, she devoted herself exclusively to painting and adopted her first cat, Ulysse, in her apartment in rue de Verneuil. The feline family soon grew and Lila never tired of sketching them, drawing them, or painting them in watercolor. Most of these intimate works, full of insight and subtlety, were gifted to a friend, herself a cat lover, by Lila in her last years and thanks to this collection a book can now be published.

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Specifications
Publisher
Officina Libraria
ISBN
9788899765941
Published
24th Oct 2018
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
8.86 in x 6.5 in
Pages
144 Pages
Illustrations
118 color
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