Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 4, Sept motifs, dont le principal doit être vu en largeur, étant composé avec des Oiseaux perchés
This plate presents seven design motifs, six with geometric patterns and a larger one with abstract birds and stylized leaves. The geometric patterns consist of polka dots of different sizes, overlapping squares and rectangles, some of them rendered with horizontal and vertical light strokes, and squared and circular motifs, executed with color combinations that mix shades of green, blue and red, pastel shades of blue and purple, and olive green and blue on light gray or cream grounds. One of them consists of a seamless pattern of lozenges formed with dark blue polka dots and overlapping squares over a dark green ground. The large motif with the abstract pattern presents an abstract jungle, with overlapping scales possibly representing foliage, colored with rapid strokes in shades of gray and white, and tree trunks, in front of which the perched birds stand on a horizontal branch, all executed with the same technique. Below the birds is a row of stylized semi-abstract leaves colored with strokes of shades of green over a brown ground, and to its right, in the center of the design, is a large egg-shaped motif colored with undulating strips of yellow, gray and aquamarine rectangles, around which group a number of abstract square gray faces, possibly of indigenous peoples or exotic primates, with round headdresses executed with pink, dark blue and turquoise.
Artwork Details
- Title: Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 4, Sept motifs, dont le principal doit être vu en largeur, étant composé avec des Oiseaux perchés
- Designer: Designed by Nicolas Sorokine
- Publisher: Published by Armand Guérinet (French, Paris 1852–1925 Paris)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [ca. 1930]
- Medium: Pochoir, commercial photo process, hand-colored
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (39.7 × 29.5 cm)
Album: 16 1/8 × 12 1/2 × 7/8 in. (40.9 × 31.8 × 2.3 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925 and 1931, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.33(1.4)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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