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Collection Decors Et Couleurs: Album No. 1, Georges Valmier, Jean Saudé, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Collection Decors Et Couleurs: Album No. 1, Georges Valmier, Jean Saudé, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pochoir
20 leaves of color plates : illustrations (pochoir) ; 46 cm.
Gift of Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf. In portfolio. Pochoir plates.
Abstract Pattern Portfolio, Mizuki Heitaro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Abstract Pattern Portfolio, Mizuki Heitaro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration
1 sheet of text, 32 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 40 cm. In half-cloth portfolio. Eight plates are color stencilled, twenty-four are color printed (color lithography). The portfolio comprises 99 designs, four of which are full page. Color plate mounted on portfolio cover. Mizuki develops his patterns from a mathematical starting point, devising combinations of basic geometric shapes from equations. His work is influenced by the European Art Deco aesthetic, most notably drawing from M. P. Verneuil's portfolio, Kaleidoscope - Ornements Abstraits (Paris 1926). All text in Japanese.