This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Jules Pascin 1885-1935. The title is Bal Tabarin, ( The tabarin Ball) created and printed in 1926 in an edition of 100, this impression is hand signed in pencil and numbered 30/100. The image measures 11 1/4X13 1/4 inches. "Pascin was Bulgarian and moved to Paris in 1905. He exhibited at various Paris art shows and was also an exhibitor at the Armory Show in New York in 1913. He moved to New York with his lover, Hermine David, and they eventually married in 1918. Like Toulouse-Lautrec, Pascin drew upon his surroundings and his friends as subjects. Nightlife scenes, such as this one, were typical of his artwork"