'La Danse' by George Barbier (1882-1932)
‘Je suis beau. Mon corps maigre que vet une ample robe d’or s’incruste dans le panneau de laque noir….'
= 'I am beautiful. My thin body, clothed in a loose golden dress, is embedded in the black lacquer panel….'
A hand coloured and plate signed pochoir
for 'Modes et Manieres d' Aujourd'hui'. Published 1914
Measures 14 cms by 23 cms
'Modes et Manieres' was one of the most exclusive lifestyle publications to emerge from Paris, being current between 1912 to 1922. Publication was limited to an edition size of only 300 - thus rare and highly collectable today. The edition was illustrated by Barbier and served as a preview of his Art Deco masterworks, chronicling the 1920's Parisian creed of 'good times, beautiful people, erotic dalliance and the exotic lifestyle'.