Album No. 1 (Collection décors et couleurs)
Artist: Georges Valmier (French, 1885-1937)
Publisher: Aux Éditions Albert Levy, Paris, [1929?]
Printer: [S.l.], France
Date: [about 1930]
Dimensions:
portfolio: 17 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (454 x 349mm)
page: 17 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (438 x 340mm)
Medium: Original prints: 21 pochoir prints (20 plates, plus portfolio cover
Text: letterpress
Paper: buff wove paper
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1980.1011A-U
Label Text:Georges Valmier was a painter and stage designer who flourished in Paris during the 1920s. When he became involved with the theater, designing costumes and sets, he developed a vocabulary of dancing, patterned shapes and bold, vibrant colors—a decorative version of Cubism. In this collection of stencil prints (pochoir), he drew on the style of flat sections of color and complex overlapping layers that Picasso had deployed since about 1915 (see Picasso, Person Seated in this exhibition). The striking coloring of this album of 20 prints was executed by Jean Saudé, the foremost practitioner of the art of pochoir.
Not on view