Rare 1905 order Original Art Nouveau French Pochoir Antique Theatre Print Henry Guedy LA DECORATION ARTISTIQUE Periodical Folio Plate Thézard

This wonderfully vibrant and finely detailed original ART NOUVEAU pochoir is from the rare work:

LA DECORATION ARTISTIQUE

DOCUMENTS DU PEINTRE DÉCORATEUR

Directeur: HENRY GUEDY

Libraire Spéciale D'architecture

Editeurs: ÉMILE THÉZARD
A DOURDAN

Date: 1905

2nd Year

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL NOT A REPRODUCTION.

PLANCHE 23
177 de la collection
Lith. L. Lhen, Paris.

1. MASQUE DE LA TRAGÉDIE. -
2. MASQUE DE LA COMÉDIE. -
3, FRISE DÉCORATIVE. PENSÉES -
4.FRISE DÉCORATIVE. VIGNE

DAPPÈS LES MAQUETTES DE M, G. GRÉGORE

This original decorative Art Nouveau pochoir and hand painted lithograph originally appeared in a now extremely hard-to-find periodical La decoration artistique, which was published in Paris during the decade before World War I. They constitute some of the rarest and best material printed during the Art Nouveau period of which Henry Guedy is now considered a leading light.

The dazzling array of images in the periodicals includes typographical banners, designs bursting with parrots and peacocks, vines and flowers, and other natural motifs. Examples include storefront signage for bakeries and cafés; decorative friezes order of theatrical masks and grapevines; borders of flowers, books, and birds; stenciled decorations for fire screens; and corner and ceiling ornaments. The vibrant prints from this unusual and rare periodical are design reference works to aid the interior designer/ painter decorator at the very beginning of the 20th Century. Guedy folios now reach sums in the thousands and I have been very lucky to stumble across a whole lot of Guedy and other decorating reference material from the Art Nouveau period. More listings will follow.

An essential acquisition for any collector of Art Nouveau graphics and illustration.

STYLE: ART NOUVEAU

TYPE: Colour Pochoir

SIZE: 28cm x 38cm ( 11” x 15” )

PAPER: Heavy Stock

CONDITION: Very good. Commensurate to age. Moderate wear on the margin edges well outside of image area. Please note this is an antique print and is subject to some age toning and foxing of paper. Please refer to photos.

Can be matted and would look beautiful in a frame.

Card mount not included.

This item will be sealed in plastic wrap and shipped in a cardboard postal tube to ensure it reaches you safely. Shipped tracked and signed for and fully insured.


Please feel free to ask any questions. A photograph of the plates explanation in French can be supplied upon request.

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Pochoir technique:

With pochoir, a hand painted fashion plate, decorative/interior design, or illustration to be duplicated was carefully analyzed to determine each color layer. Often, but not always, an outline of the image was printed as a black and white lithograph and served as a base layer, each succeeding layer of color was then printed over the black and white litho layer. Depending on how intense the lithograph layer was, it would either be incorporated fully in the final image or be invisible and serve only as a guide to the image layout.

Separate stencils were cut, sometimes in thin sheets of copper, zinc, or aluminum, for every color component. Each successive color layer, using watercolor or gouache, was applied to the stencil with a brush called a pompon. Pigment on the brush could not be thick or runny, as paint could easily slide underneath the stencil and change the shape of the image. Therefore, it was necessary to really blot the pigment on the brush before applying it to the stencil and in the case of watercolor images, this was even more critical. Skilled printers could achieve incredibly subtle details using gradation and stippling, spattering or even simply drawing additional details with a small brush on the final layer. Sometimes as many as 250 stencils were used to recreate a single image, and the resulting print was surprisingly rich and detailed. These rare pochoir prints on offer are some of the finest examples available.

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