Idées 1, Plate 10
Tenth 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 shades of gray and olive green. The first design is made up of a large, semi-abstract bird, outlined with white, flying over a semi-abstract landscape with mountains, colored with olive green over a gray sky with clouds outlined with a lighter shade of gray, and with large flowers and leaves executed with black and a lighter shade of green. The second design consists of a semi-abstract, hourglass-shaped vase, colored with light gray, with two large leaves made up of two semi-circles, colored with olive green, and a pyramid made up of small rosettes, colored with cream, olive green and shades of gray, standing on a black-and-blue table and in front of a semi-abstract curtain, colored with white, over a sand-colored ground. The final design is made up of a repeated Classical (?) urban motif with semi-abstract buildings with stairs and large vases with semi-abstract plants made up of circles, and a semi-abstract fountain, with a naked woman bathing in it, and with semi-abstract flying birds, executed with blue, cream, white, olive green and shades of gray.
The plate contains three designs executed with shades of gray and olive green. The first design is made up of a large, semi-abstract bird, outlined with white, flying over a semi-abstract landscape with mountains, colored with olive green over a gray sky with clouds outlined with a lighter shade of gray, and with large flowers and leaves executed with black and a lighter shade of green. The second design consists of a semi-abstract, hourglass-shaped vase, colored with light gray, with two large leaves made up of two semi-circles, colored with olive green, and a pyramid made up of small rosettes, colored with cream, olive green and shades of gray, standing on a black-and-blue table and in front of a semi-abstract curtain, colored with white, over a sand-colored ground. The final design is made up of a repeated Classical (?) urban motif with semi-abstract buildings with stairs and large vases with semi-abstract plants made up of circles, and a semi-abstract fountain, with a naked woman bathing in it, and with semi-abstract flying birds, executed with blue, cream, white, olive green and shades of gray.
Artwork Details
- Title: Idées 1, Plate 10
- 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(1.10)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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