Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 | Russian-French L'ange et le feu (The Angel and the Fire) Signed “Erté”(lower right) Inscribed "No. 15302, 15400 and 15832" (en verso) Gouache on paper Erté painted this trio of set designs titled L'ange et le feu, or The Angel and the Fire, for a 1958 production of Pelléas et Mélisande is a Symbolist play by Belgian playwright, Maurice Maeterlinck. This set of designs depicts the interiors of a Gothic castle, illuminated solely by the moon and candles...