Formes et Couleurs, Planche 18
Eighteenth plate of pochoir pattern book with loose leaves titled "Formes et Couleurs: Vingt Planches en Couleurs Contenant Soixante-sept Motifs Décoratifs" (Forms and Colors: Twenty Colored Plates Containing Sixty-Seven Decorative Motifs), designed by Auguste H. Thomas and edited by Albert Lévy, published in Paris by Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts around 1930. The album is composed of one title page and 20 plates with several designs, numbered 1-20. The plates are stored inside a reconstructed black portfolio with title pochoir label on the front cover. The designs in the album are possibly for 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 consists of three designs with semi-abstract motifs with flowers, leaves, fruits, and animals. The first design is made up of a vine with yellow branches and semi-abstract roses with leaves, colored with shades of purple and black, and butterflies: a large one in the center, with wings colored with shades of orange and blue, and body colored with bluish-green, and smaller butterflies with purple leaves with blue dots and orange bodies. The decond design is made up of a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers, colored with shades of green and brown, and bunches of grapes, colored with shades of blue, green and purple, over an aquamarine ground with a grid outlined with green. The final design is made up of semi-abstract leaves, colored with green, black and purple, and a semi-abstract wolf (?), colored with shades of pink, chasing a semi-abstract hare (?), colored with tan.
The plate consists of three designs with semi-abstract motifs with flowers, leaves, fruits, and animals. The first design is made up of a vine with yellow branches and semi-abstract roses with leaves, colored with shades of purple and black, and butterflies: a large one in the center, with wings colored with shades of orange and blue, and body colored with bluish-green, and smaller butterflies with purple leaves with blue dots and orange bodies. The decond design is made up of a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers, colored with shades of green and brown, and bunches of grapes, colored with shades of blue, green and purple, over an aquamarine ground with a grid outlined with green. The final design is made up of semi-abstract leaves, colored with green, black and purple, and a semi-abstract wolf (?), colored with shades of pink, chasing a semi-abstract hare (?), colored with tan.
Artwork Details
- Title: Formes et Couleurs, Planche 18
- Designer: Designed by Auguste H. Thomas (French, active ca. 1910–30)
- Publisher: Published by Albert Lévy, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts
- Published in: Paris
- Date: ca. 1930 (?)
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (45.1 × 31.1 cm)
Portfolio: 18 3/8 × 12 13/16 × 13/16 in. (46.7 × 32.6 × 2 cm) - Classifications: Portfolios, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1977.643.6(18)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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