Idées 2, Plate 10
Tenth plate of the second album of a book containing two pochoir pattern albums bound together, titled "Idées 2" (Ideas 2), published ca. 1933 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and designed by Georges Darcy. The album is composed of one title page and 12 plates, numbered 1-12; the book is bound with blue library binding, with the title printed in gold on paper mounted on the front cover. The designs in the albums are possibly for Art Deco textiles and contain a variety of geometric motifs, birds and flowers, all 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 plate contains three designs with semi-abstract floral motifs executed with shades of gray, purple, and pink. The first design, possibly for a border, is made up of groups of semi-abstract cacti, executed with pastel yellow, orange and gray, and semi-abstract flowers, executed with dark blue, gray, and shades of pink, over a purple ground with dark blue and gray horizontal lines, and is framed above and below by dark blue horizontal stripes. The second design is made up of alternating bundles of semi-abstract flowers and leaves, executed with gray, pink, and orange, and with purple shadows, over a pastel yellow ground with a grid of lozenges executed with pink, and brownish-orange dots. The third design is made up of large bundles of leaves, colored with pastel yellow, with pink branches and stylized flowers, colored with shades of purple and dark blue, and with dark blue shadows, over a gray ground, upon which stand out white fragments of circles and a grid of parallellograms made up of orange lines.
The plate contains three designs with semi-abstract floral motifs executed with shades of gray, purple, and pink. The first design, possibly for a border, is made up of groups of semi-abstract cacti, executed with pastel yellow, orange and gray, and semi-abstract flowers, executed with dark blue, gray, and shades of pink, over a purple ground with dark blue and gray horizontal lines, and is framed above and below by dark blue horizontal stripes. The second design is made up of alternating bundles of semi-abstract flowers and leaves, executed with gray, pink, and orange, and with purple shadows, over a pastel yellow ground with a grid of lozenges executed with pink, and brownish-orange dots. The third design is made up of large bundles of leaves, colored with pastel yellow, with pink branches and stylized flowers, colored with shades of purple and dark blue, and with dark blue shadows, over a gray ground, upon which stand out white fragments of circles and a grid of parallellograms made up of orange lines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Idées 2, Plate 10
- Artist: Georges Darcy (French, born 1883)
- Printer: Printed by A. Calavas (French) , Paris
- Publisher: Published by Librairie des Arts Décoratifs , Paris
- Published in: Paris
- Date: ca. 1933
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 in. × 11 1/8 in. (38.1 × 28.2 cm)
Album: 15 1/4 × 11 13/16 × 11/16 in. (38.8 × 30 × 1.8 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: 1991.1073.39(2.10)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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