CARRÉ (Jenny). [Costumes de spectacle, original gouaches]. [First half of the 20th century]. - 3 gouaches on card (approx. 170 x 110 mm). Set of three gouaches, depicting a costume for the principal dancer, one for the ordinary dancers, and a third female costume for a character whose name is partly cut off. These three high-quality gouaches appeared on the same panel before being cut out. They are not signed. "Jenny Carré grew up in a musical environment, with her mother a singer and her father director of the Opéra Comique. But it was in drawing, as assistant to the famous Lévy-Dhurmer, that the young girl was destined. In 1918, the success success of her costumes for La Belle Hélène launched her career. From then on, she designed for the Gaïté Lyrique, the Cigale, the Opéra comique, the Concert Mayol, the Alcazar, the Châtelet, the Casino de Paris, Mogador, the Ziegfield Follies... costuming in turn Mistinguett, Cécile Sorel, Joséphine Baker and Maurice Chevalier" (Jenny Carré 1902-1945 : L'âge d'or du music-hall et de l'opérette, 2008. 192 pages). We enclose this book on Jenny Carré (1902-1945), whose fine career is retraced by her son Jacques Favart. In his erudite and passionate memoir, he brings to life the woman who "dressed the dreams" of an entire era.