One of the best-known and most sought after works by Erté is his Alphabet. In his autobiography, My Life/My Art, he wrote: “Drawing has been my favorite pastime from the age of three or four, so when I was taught to read and write, I was absolutely fascinated by the alphabet”. Fascinated also by the beauty and grace of the human form, he created over many years a series of gouache drawings combining the alphabet and human figures. These were translated into a portfolio of lithographs with serigraphy which was released