Les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape
Fashion Plate
1911 (Published)
1911 (Published)
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This print is one of a series of 12 illustrations, cover- and title-page designs for Les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape (Paris 1911), a book commisioned and published by Poiret in a limited edition of 300.
Poiret was one of the most influential and notorious designers of the late 1900s/early 1910s and Lepape's illustrations often showed Poiret's models' heads simply wrapped in turbans, in contrast to the elaborately arranged hairstyles that many fashionable women favoured. Decoration was kept to a minimum, with graphic impact favoured over fine detail.
Poiret's success was short-lived, as his influence did not last beyond the 1910s. Although he continued designing into the 1920s and created gowns for Liberty's in 1933, he failed to recapture the success and notoriety he had enjoyed in the 1910s.
Poiret was one of the most influential and notorious designers of the late 1900s/early 1910s and Lepape's illustrations often showed Poiret's models' heads simply wrapped in turbans, in contrast to the elaborately arranged hairstyles that many fashionable women favoured. Decoration was kept to a minimum, with graphic impact favoured over fine detail.
Poiret's success was short-lived, as his influence did not last beyond the 1910s. Although he continued designing into the 1920s and created gowns for Liberty's in 1933, he failed to recapture the success and notoriety he had enjoyed in the 1910s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Collotype, letter press, line block and stencil. |
| Brief description | Hand coloured pochoir stencil plate from "les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape". 1911. |
| Dimensions | |
| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 261 |
| Marks and inscriptions | Georges Lepape (Signed, below left-hand corner, with GP's monogram of a girl's head.) |
| Object history | One of a series of 12 illustrations and designs for the cover and titlepage of the book Les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape (Circ.260 to 272-1976). Commissioned and published by Paul Poiret and printed by Maquet, 10 Rue de la Paix, Paris, 1911. Previously bound in paper boards and issued in a limited edition of 300 of which this example is numbered 261 and signed by Poiret. Most are signed 'Georges Lepape'. |
| Summary | This print is one of a series of 12 illustrations, cover- and title-page designs for Les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape (Paris 1911), a book commisioned and published by Poiret in a limited edition of 300. Poiret was one of the most influential and notorious designers of the late 1900s/early 1910s and Lepape's illustrations often showed Poiret's models' heads simply wrapped in turbans, in contrast to the elaborately arranged hairstyles that many fashionable women favoured. Decoration was kept to a minimum, with graphic impact favoured over fine detail. Poiret's success was short-lived, as his influence did not last beyond the 1910s. Although he continued designing into the 1920s and created gowns for Liberty's in 1933, he failed to recapture the success and notoriety he had enjoyed in the 1910s. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.266-1976 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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