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| Item No. |
FA0021 |
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| Artist: |
Georges LePape
(French) 1887-1971 |
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| Title: |
[Love Letter in the Battlefield]* |
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| Date of work: |
ca. 1920’s-1930’s |
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| Medium: |
Pochoir (stencil). |
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| Image size: |
5-3/4" x 4" (14.5 cm x 10.1 cm) (H x W) |
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| Signature: |
Signed in plate, l.r. |
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| Edition:
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Numbered 31/50 in pencil, l.l. |
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| Description: |
A fine impression in several colors on laid paper,
watermarked |
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with a fleur-de-lys. |
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| Biography: |
Georges Lepape was a prominent artist of the French Art Deco |
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movement. He studied at the École des Arts
Décoratifs, Paris, and at the ateliers of Humbert and Cormon.
In 1911 he was commissioned to illustrate Les Choses de Paul Poiret,
a celebrated designer, and in 1912 programmes for the Ballet
Russe. He designed innumerable magazine covers and fashion
plates for La Gazette du Bon Ton and Vogue until 1932
when Vogue did its first photographic cover. |
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| Presentation:
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Matted (100% archival materials) |
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| Condition: |
Overall very good condition. Very minor foxing. Au
verso: |
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upper and lower left corners have small remnants of paper
mounts. |
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| Price: |
SOLD |
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| Detail: |
Detail |
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Full
View |
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Signature |
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Watermark |
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* Square brackets indicate that
the title was assigned to the work by JMB Galleries, Inc., since the
original title of the work has either not as yet been found, or the
work had never been named. |
