Author: Lucien Vogel [ed.]
Title: Eleven Fashion Plates from the Gazette Du Bon Ton
Description: Paris, Lucien Vogel, 1912-1920 . Unbound. Eleven beautifully illustrated hand-coloured lithographed fashion plates from Parisian fashion magazine 'Gazette du Bon Ton&apos. Eleven vibrant fashion plates from the Gazette du Bon Ton, a small but influential fashion magazine published in France from 1912 to 1925The star of the Gazette was its fashion illustrations. Each issue featured ten fashion plates (seven depicting couture designs and three designed solely by the illustrators).The prints feature dramatic pochoir colouring, which is created when single layers of colour is added by hand to a lithograph using a stencil.Present here are:No. 1, 1912, plate IV, by Bernard Boutet de MonvelNo. 2, plate II, by Maurice TaquoyNo. 5, Mars 1913, plate I, by Georges BarbierNo. 5, Mars 1913, plate II, by J. GojeNo. 6, Avril 1913, plate I, by Bakst.No. 6, Avril 1913, plate IXNo. 10, Aout 1913, plate V, by Georges BarbierNo. 11, Septembre 1913, plate IV by Georges BarbierNo. 12, Octobre 1913, plate III, by Ludwik StrimplNo. 12, Octobre 1913, plate X, by Georges BarbierNo. 1, Fevrier 1920, plate IIIIncluding two text leaves from issue 1 from 1912, with four colour vignette illustrations across these four leaves.The magazine employed celebrated Art Deco artists who, rather than simply drawing models in clothing, sought to depict their figures in dramatic and narrative situations. Disbound, as these plates are commonly found. Plates exceptionally vibrantly illustrated, and bright. Light handling marks to perimeters of No. 12, plate X. Near Fine . Ill.: Bernard Boutet de Monvel; Georges Barbier; Maurice Taquoy; Ludwik Strimpl; J. Goje. Near Fine .

Keywords: Gazette du Bon Ton fashion magazine fashion plates Georges Barbier fashion magazine Bernard Boutet de Monvel; Georges Barbier; Maurice Taquoy; Ludwik Strimpl; J. Goje


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