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LES CHEVAUX DE BOIS. GEORGES LEPAPE GAZETTE DU BON TON

LES CHEVAUX DE BOIS. GEORGES LEPAPE GAZETTE DU BON TON

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Nº 10 GAZETTE DU BON TON. PLANCHE 56. 1924

Georges Lepape was a French fashion designer, poster artist, engraver and illustrator. He participated to 1910 “Salon d'automne”, where he met Paul Poiret, a legendary couturier. In 1911 he illustrated “Les Choses de Paul Poiret”, which is recognised as his masterpiece. He contributed to the most important fashion magazines of the time: “Harper's Bazaar”, “Vanity Fair” and “Vogue”, among others. Like many other artists of the time, he was daring and elegant in his creations, and he worked in many different fields: he realised posters, theatre programmes, stage decorations, fabrics 

Product Details

PCH-50

Data sheet

Year
1924
Height
24,5
Width
19
Country
Francia
Printer
Gazette du Bon Ton
Conservation
A
Printing
Hand coloured lithofraph
Technique
Pochoir
Author
LEPAPE GEORGES

Description

The Gazette du Bon Ton, put out by the retailer of the same name, was considered the trendsetting magazine of the era. Founded by Lucien Vogel and targeting Paris's upper class, it ran from 1912-1925. Only ten colour plates were printed per issue, and artists vied for the prestige of illustrating the latest Parisian fashion and lifestyle trends. As these pochoirs attest, the high style and iconic femininity made the items featured in the pages "must have's" -- right down to the prayer statue on top of the chest of drawers!

This pochoir - created when single layers of color are added by hand to a lithograph using a stencil – shows.