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The Rest is Noise: Paris 1910-1930 - in pictures

Rite of Spring: Russian Ballets in Paris, 1913
Dancers from the Ballets Russes in costume for The Rite of Spring at Theatre Des Champs Elysees, Paris 1913. Photograph: Keystone/Getty
Rest is Noise Paris: Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel in 1910
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel in 1910 Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Paris: Georges Clemenceau Prime Minister of France
Georges Clemenceau Prime Minister of France signs the peace pact with Austria which formed part of The Treaty of Versailles, Paris, June 1919 Photograph: Victor Console / Daily Mail/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Paris: Dancers and showgirls fill the stage during a revue at the Folies-Bergeres
Dancers and showgirls fill the stage during a revue at Paris's Folies-Bergeres, c1920 Photograph: Corbis
Rest is Noise Paris: Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and John Quinn
Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and John Quinn outside Pound's residence in Paris, 1923. Quinn was the lawyer who defended the publication of Ulysses in The Little Review in 1921. Photograph: CSU Archv/Everett Collection/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Paris: The Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, circa 1925
The Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, c1925 Photograph: Keystone/Getty
Rest is Noise Paris: Igor Stravinsky (left) arrives at Croydon Airport from Paris
Igor Stravinsky (left) arrives at Croydon Airport from Paris where he was met by Serge Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes (second from left). Date unknown Photograph: Daily Mail/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Paris: The Paris exhibition
The Paris exhibition of industrial and modern decorative arts showing Rene Lalique's fountain, 1925 Photograph: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Paris: Serge Lifar and Tamara Karsavina of the Ballet Russes
Serge Lifar and Tamara Karsavina of the Ballet Russes in a publicity image for the ballet Petrouchka at the Paris opera, 1929. Music by Igor Stravinsky, choreography by Michel Fokine. Photograph: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Paris: Jean Cocteau, 1931
Les Six and Jean Cocteau. From left: Darius Milhaud, Jean Cocteau, Arthur Honegger, Germaine Tailleferre, Francis Poulenc and Louis Durey (Georges Auric, absent, appears on Jean Cocteau's drawing), 1931. Photograph: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features
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