Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 12
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 twelvth plate of the album presents four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs executed with pastel colors. The first design is made up of a large brown trunk with semi-abstract leaves colored with pastel shades of blue, green, peach and red over a background colored with patches of brown, gray, pastel peach and lilac.The second design consists of brown branches with semi-abstract flowers with petals colored with pastel peach, red, lilac and pastel green and semi-abstract leaves colored with shades of brown, pink, green and lilac, over a light blue and white ground. The third design consists of a thin branch colored with light greenish-blue with semi-abstract leaves colored with pink, gray and brown and abstract flowers colored with red and brown over a background with light blue, light gray, lilac, cream and pink patches. The final design is made up of a brown stem with a large abstract flower with cream and purple petals with dots and with thinner red branches with semi-abstract leaves executed with shades of brown over a background with patches of pastel shades of blue, green, and lilac.
The twelvth plate of the album presents four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs executed with pastel colors. The first design is made up of a large brown trunk with semi-abstract leaves colored with pastel shades of blue, green, peach and red over a background colored with patches of brown, gray, pastel peach and lilac.The second design consists of brown branches with semi-abstract flowers with petals colored with pastel peach, red, lilac and pastel green and semi-abstract leaves colored with shades of brown, pink, green and lilac, over a light blue and white ground. The third design consists of a thin branch colored with light greenish-blue with semi-abstract leaves colored with pink, gray and brown and abstract flowers colored with red and brown over a background with light blue, light gray, lilac, cream and pink patches. The final design is made up of a brown stem with a large abstract flower with cream and purple petals with dots and with thinner red branches with semi-abstract leaves executed with shades of brown over a background with patches of pastel shades of blue, green, and lilac.
Artwork Details
- Title: Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 12
- 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(12)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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