Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 4e Série, Pl. 1, Eclair à travers de Lauriers. – Pensées. – Frise. – Ornement fantaisie. – Fleurs lascives.
This plate consists of four different designs with semi-abstract, mostly floral, motifs. The first design is made up of interlacing branches of laurel leaves, colored with red, over a light blue ground with semi-abstract thunderbolts colored with orange, black and green. The second design is made up of bundles of semi-abstract pansies, colored with purple and black over semi-abstract clouds colored with blue with stylized leaves colored with green and outlined with yellow, and white dots with red eyes, over a light brown ground. The third design consists of a frieze with semi-abstract leaves colored with red, purple, and shades of green and decorated with yellow lines with black dots and with yellow dots with black eyes, over a black ground. The fourth design consists of a semi-abstract geometric pattern with red roundels with triangles and dots colored with shades of green, semi-abstract diamond motifs colored with shades of green and purple, and abstract motifs made up of overlapping fragments of circles, with offsetting thorns, colored with red and shades of green and purple, all over a bright green ground. The final design is made up of interlacing branches with flowers and leaves, colored with red and with green and purple accents over a black ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 4e Série, Pl. 1, Eclair à travers de Lauriers. – Pensées. – Frise. – Ornement fantaisie. – Fleurs lascives.
- Designer: Designed by Hennequin-Rêveur (French)
- 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 1/2 in. (39.7 × 29.2 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(4.1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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