Prismes: 40 Planches de Dessins et Coloris Nouveaux
Pochoir pattern book, titled "Prismes: 40 Planches de Dessins et Coloris Nouveaux" (Prisms: 40 Plates of Designs and New Colors), with Art Deco designs, probably for textiles, created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by Éditions d’Art Charles Moreau, probably in the second half of the 1920s or the early 1930s. The book consists of a title page and 40 plates numbered 1-40, each with one design, bound with dark blue linen boards. The designs contain a variety of geometric, abstract and semi-abstract motifs executed in various colors, some of them including natural-inspired figures such as birds and flowers. All of them are typical of the Art Deco style, which was characterized by its eclecticism, drawing from a variety of sources that sought to combine old European design traditions with the modern style diffused by avant-garde art, while also reflecting the romantic fascination with early Egyptian and Meso-American "exotic" cultures promoted by archaeological discoveries of the times.
Artwork Details
- Title: Prismes: 40 Planches de Dessins et Coloris Nouveaux
- Series/Portfolio: Prismes: 40 Planches de Dessins et Coloris Nouveaux
- Designer: Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877–1951)
- Publisher: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau (French)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: ca. 1930
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Overall: 12 15/16 x 9 13/16 x 7/8 in. (32.8 x 25 x 2.3 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Jane E. Andrews Fund, in memory of William Loring Andrews, 1933, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.196
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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