Idées 1, Plate 8
Eighth plate of the first album of a book containing two pochoir pattern albums bound together, titled "Idées 1" (Ideas 1), published ca. 1933 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and designed by Jacques Camus. 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 executed with cream and gray. The first design is made up of large semi-abstract tree motifs with scrolling branches with leaves, colored with gray, and with round semi-abstract fruits, colored with light green and with black eyes, standing over sand, colored with cream, over a green ground. The second design is made up of a large, semi-abstract flower, executed with cream, tan, light gray, white and black over a purple ground. The third design consists of a naked female figure outlined with tan, drying herself with a white and purple cloth, standing by a river made up of undulating white lines, and with another human figure, outlined with tan and dressed with purple clothes, kneeling and twisting by her side, in front of a deer, colored with tan, over a cream and black ground.
The plate contains three designs executed with cream and gray. The first design is made up of large semi-abstract tree motifs with scrolling branches with leaves, colored with gray, and with round semi-abstract fruits, colored with light green and with black eyes, standing over sand, colored with cream, over a green ground. The second design is made up of a large, semi-abstract flower, executed with cream, tan, light gray, white and black over a purple ground. The third design consists of a naked female figure outlined with tan, drying herself with a white and purple cloth, standing by a river made up of undulating white lines, and with another human figure, outlined with tan and dressed with purple clothes, kneeling and twisting by her side, in front of a deer, colored with tan, over a cream and black ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Idées 1, Plate 8
- Artist: Maurice-Jacques-Yvan Camus (French, born Angers 1893)
- 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 1/16 in. (38.1 × 28.1 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(1.8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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ca. 1933
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ca. 1933
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ca. 1933
Multiple artists/makers
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