Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 18
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 final plate of the album presents four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design presents a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers with petals colored with yellow and shades of brown on cream stems over a background colored with black, gray, tan and blue. The second design consists of black stems with abstract flowers and leaves colored with shades of pink over a background with shades of gray, bordered with black on one side. The third design is made up of a pattern with abstract flowers executed with white, gray, black, red pink and yellow over a tan ground. The fourth design is made up of reddish-brown branches with abstract flowers and leaves colored with blue, green, white and black over a background colored with cream, green and purple.
The final plate of the album presents four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design presents a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers with petals colored with yellow and shades of brown on cream stems over a background colored with black, gray, tan and blue. The second design consists of black stems with abstract flowers and leaves colored with shades of pink over a background with shades of gray, bordered with black on one side. The third design is made up of a pattern with abstract flowers executed with white, gray, black, red pink and yellow over a tan ground. The fourth design is made up of reddish-brown branches with abstract flowers and leaves colored with blue, green, white and black over a background colored with cream, green and purple.
Artwork Details
- Title: Collection "Décors et Couleurs" Album No. 2, Planche 18
- 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(18)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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