Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 8
Pochoir pattern book, titled "Collection 'Décors et Couleurs' Album No. 2: Soixante-dix motifs décoratifs en dix-huit planches" (Collection 'Designs and Colors' Album No. 2: Seventy decorative motifs in eighteen plates), with Art Deco designs, probably for textiles, created by Jean Burkhalter and published in Paris by Éditions Albert Lévy, probably in the second half of the 1920s or the early 1930s. The book consists of a title page and 18 plates numbered 1-18, each with several designs, 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.
The eighth plate of the album presents four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design is made up of a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers with pink petals with lilac dots and outlines that stand on brown stems and branches with semi-abstract leaves colored with green, tan, dark blue, brown and purple, over a pink background with short brown swatches. The second design consists of a bunch of semi-abstract leaves colored with shades of brown and blue over a dark green ground. The third design is made up of interlacing brown branches with semi-abstract flower and leaves executed with green, pink, and shades of blue, over a light blue ground. The final design is made up of a large bundle of semi-abstract flowers and leaves executed with tan, green, brown and shades of blue and green over a background with large semi-abstract leaves executed with brown and green over a brown and blue ground.
The eighth plate of the album presents four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design is made up of a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers with pink petals with lilac dots and outlines that stand on brown stems and branches with semi-abstract leaves colored with green, tan, dark blue, brown and purple, over a pink background with short brown swatches. The second design consists of a bunch of semi-abstract leaves colored with shades of brown and blue over a dark green ground. The third design is made up of interlacing brown branches with semi-abstract flower and leaves executed with green, pink, and shades of blue, over a light blue ground. The final design is made up of a large bundle of semi-abstract flowers and leaves executed with tan, green, brown and shades of blue and green over a background with large semi-abstract leaves executed with brown and green over a brown and blue ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 8
- Artist: Jean Burkhalter
- Artist: Rep. artist Jean Saudé (French)
- Publisher: Published by Editions Albert Lévy , Paris
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [ca. 1930]
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 12 1/8 in. (39.5 × 30.8 cm)
Album: 16 in. × 13 1/4 in. × 9/16 in. (40.7 × 33.6 × 1.4 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.38(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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