Idées 1, Plate 6
The plate contains four designs executed with shades of gray and yellow; three of them are presented in triangle shapes and the fourth is presented on a horizontal strip below. The first design is made up of large semi-abstract flowers and leaves, colored with shades of gray, over a pastel yellow ground with gold and light gray diagonal stripes. The second design is made up of scrolling branches with small, stylized leaves, colored with gold, over a gray background with abstract shapes executed with a lighter shade of gray. The third design is made up of diagonal strips of semi-abstract tree motifs, colored alternatingly with black and with light gray and pastel yellow, separated by light gray and black undulating lines, over a ground colored with a darker shade of gray. The fourth design is made up of semi-circles colored with black and outlined with gray, flying semi-abstract butterflies colored with pastel yellow and light brownish-gray, a hand, colored with pastel yellow, holding a stylized flower, colored with light gray and gold, and a fragment of a rosette, colored with shades of gray, black and pastel yellow, over a gray-and-black ground with a tan, scalloped border.
Artwork Details
- Title: Idées 1, Plate 6
- Artist: Maurice-Jacques-Yvan Camus (French, born Angers 1893)
- Printer: A. Calavas (French) , Paris
- Publisher: 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(1.6)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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