[ANONYMOUS Michou and Pauline Carton Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard Dedicated at the bottom of the mount: Pour l'adorable Michou/avec enthousiasme/Pauline Carton In sheet form Stains and wetness Height 29.5 cm - Width 23.5 cm A leading figure in early 20th-century comedy and cinema, Pauline Carton was a theater enthusiast who frequented the cabarets of the Montmartre district, including Michou's at 80 rue des Martyrs. Following one of her visits, she wrote to him: "I saw your team indulge in the finest, most pertinent and most malicious parody! And I love parody - and I rarely enjoy it - and I thank you for it with joy and gratitude".