Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 3, Neuf Compositions, Carrés, Bordures
Third plate of pochoir pattern book, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs", with Art Deco textile designs created by Nicolas Sorokine and published in Paris by Armand Guérinet, probably in the second half of the 1920s or the early 1930s. The book consists of a title page with index and 16 plates numbered 1-16, each with numerous designs, bound with dark blue linen boards. The designs contain a variety of geometric motifs, birds and flowers, all typical of the Art Deco style, which was characterized by its eclecticism, drawing from a variety of sources that sought to combine old European design traditions with the modern style diffused by avant-garde art, while also reflecting the romantic fascination with early Egyptian and Meso-American "exotic" cultures promoted by archaeological discoveries of the times.
This plate presents nine designs for squares and borders with a variety of abstract and geometric motifs. Two of the designs for morders consist of shuttle shapes rendered with curved strokes, rectangles and triangles, and in one of them, thorns bordering the shuttle shapes, executed with purple, blue, and shades of green over a cream ground. A design for a square next to them presents similar motifs, with fragments of small triangles and a strip of dark blue triangles decorated with fragments of circles and stylized leaves, colored with dark blue, green, and purple over a cream ground. Two motifs present checked patterns: in one, the checks are decorated with shuttle shapes, smaller squares, circles and polka dots, executed with different shades of green over a cream ground, and in the other, the rectangles that form the pattern contain polka dots, stripes and lozenges, and are colored alternatingly with shades of pink and green, and separated by vertical light pink thin stripes. Three other designs contain abstract tribal motifs, executed with red, dark blue and turquoise over gray grounds: two of them with patterns formed with triandles of different sizes and colors, in one case around a stylized flower with leaves, and the other with an abstract figure in the center surrounded by curved strips with offsetting small rectangular shapes. The final design consists of rows of triangles created with white and dark blue polka dots of different sizes over a gray ground.
This plate presents nine designs for squares and borders with a variety of abstract and geometric motifs. Two of the designs for morders consist of shuttle shapes rendered with curved strokes, rectangles and triangles, and in one of them, thorns bordering the shuttle shapes, executed with purple, blue, and shades of green over a cream ground. A design for a square next to them presents similar motifs, with fragments of small triangles and a strip of dark blue triangles decorated with fragments of circles and stylized leaves, colored with dark blue, green, and purple over a cream ground. Two motifs present checked patterns: in one, the checks are decorated with shuttle shapes, smaller squares, circles and polka dots, executed with different shades of green over a cream ground, and in the other, the rectangles that form the pattern contain polka dots, stripes and lozenges, and are colored alternatingly with shades of pink and green, and separated by vertical light pink thin stripes. Three other designs contain abstract tribal motifs, executed with red, dark blue and turquoise over gray grounds: two of them with patterns formed with triandles of different sizes and colors, in one case around a stylized flower with leaves, and the other with an abstract figure in the center surrounded by curved strips with offsetting small rectangular shapes. The final design consists of rows of triangles created with white and dark blue polka dots of different sizes over a gray ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 3, Neuf Compositions, Carrés, Bordures
- Designer: Designed by Nicolas Sorokine
- Publisher: Published by Armand Guérinet (French, active ca. 1890–1920)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [ca. 1930]
- Medium: Pochoir, commercial photo process, hand-colored
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (39.7 × 29.5 cm)
Album: 16 1/8 × 12 1/2 × 7/8 in. (40.9 × 31.8 × 2.3 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925 and 1931, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.33(1.3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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