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Il Fait Trop Chaud

Handcoloured Illustration
August 1913 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Gazette du Bon Ton was a French magazine published between 1912 to 1925 which showcased the very best 'fashion, luxury and art' of its time. It targeted a cultured and discerning readership and the illustration plates were of exceptionally high quality, printed on expensive paper with the jewel-like colours added by hand using a stencilling technique. Georges Lepape produced numerous fashion plates for the magazine, an artist who, as The Times expressed it in 1914, specialised in creating 'designs of many wonderful female things'. This fashion plate for parasols is characteristic of Lepape's elegant and sparkling style.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIl Fait Trop Chaud (published title)
Materials and techniques
printer's ink, hand-colouring, pochoir print
Brief description
'Il Fait Trop Chaud'; pochoir print with hand-colouring, after a drawing by Georges Lepape, from La Gazette du Bon Ton, Paris, August, 1913
Physical description
Pochoir print with hand-colouring, on paper
Dimensions
    Style
    Credit line
    Acquired from Weinreb and Douwma Ltd in 1974.
    Object history
    One of 14 plates from La Gazette du Bon Ton, Paris, 1913-1920
    Association
    Summary
    The Gazette du Bon Ton was a French magazine published between 1912 to 1925 which showcased the very best 'fashion, luxury and art' of its time. It targeted a cultured and discerning readership and the illustration plates were of exceptionally high quality, printed on expensive paper with the jewel-like colours added by hand using a stencilling technique. Georges Lepape produced numerous fashion plates for the magazine, an artist who, as The Times expressed it in 1914, specialised in creating 'designs of many wonderful female things'. This fashion plate for parasols is characteristic of Lepape's elegant and sparkling style.
    Bibliographic reference
    Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974
    Collection
    Accession number
    CIRC.27-1974

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
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