Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 15
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 fifteenth plate of the album presents three designs with semi-abstract floral motifs executed with a variety of colors. The first design consists of a large semi-abstract flower with petals colored with cream, pastel peach and shades of blue and purple and a smaller flower with petals colored with maroon and pastel peach, both on semi-abstract stems made up of thick tan and black strokes over a background colored with light blue and pink. The second design is made up of large semi-abstract flowers with bright purple petals and black pistils on a cream-and-purple background with black glitches and spots. The final design is made up of large abstract flowers colored with light blue, light green, black, brown, purple and shades of pastel pink over a blue background with horizontal back lines.
The fifteenth plate of the album presents three designs with semi-abstract floral motifs executed with a variety of colors. The first design consists of a large semi-abstract flower with petals colored with cream, pastel peach and shades of blue and purple and a smaller flower with petals colored with maroon and pastel peach, both on semi-abstract stems made up of thick tan and black strokes over a background colored with light blue and pink. The second design is made up of large semi-abstract flowers with bright purple petals and black pistils on a cream-and-purple background with black glitches and spots. The final design is made up of large abstract flowers colored with light blue, light green, black, brown, purple and shades of pastel pink over a blue background with horizontal back lines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 15
- 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(15)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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