Byoux par Vever
5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
CP37 $65
These extremely rare prints are from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costumes Parisiens. These pochoir illustrations were published from 1912-1914, with only 1,279 copies published per issue. The selection offered here is from printing #240, with the title page so marked.
Similar to the Bon Ton Gazette, but even more scarce, it was designed to appeal to the elite of Paris, with high fashion plates and chatty articles on all aspects of life for the privileged, it transcends its mundane goals through the incredible quality of the publication from the high quality paper to the breath taking beauty of the prints and the high quality of the art throughout.
Here in the so called “forgotten years” of the 1910’s we see the art that evokes the whole gamut of that fabulously creative era in France, from the Impressionists and the Fauves to the Cubists, Belle Epoque, Art Nouveau & Deco periods.
Many of the works of the fashion designers of the day were featured. The most notable artists utilized were Brunelleschii, Leon Bakst, J. van Brock, Etienne Drian, Pierre Legrain, Victor Lheur, Armand Vallee, Gerda Wegener, along with many others.
