Boutet De Monvel 2 Etchings In Black On Old Japan N°7 Journal Des Dames 1912 Printed In 5 Copies.

Rare double state in black on old Japan, from the lead copies printed in 5 copies. only !

Bernard BOUTET DE MONVEL

Tailored suit in gray chevriotte. Baptiste shirt. Rice straw hat trimmed with black velvet and beige cloth gaiters.

Original Art Deco etchings monogrammed in the plate. 2 states in black, before and with the letter, printed on old Japan.

This is plate No. 7 from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, Parisian costumes, from 1912. These states were offered in addition to the stencil in the very rare luxury edition of only 5 copies! (before 24 on Imperial Japan and 1250 on Dutch laid paper with “Journal des Dames” watermarks).

Dimensions: approximately 260 x 170 mm (copies with full margins, larger than copies of the ordinary edition (220 x 145 mm)).

Minor defects in the paper inherent to old Japan, very good condition.

The Journal des Dames et des Modes, costumes parisiens is a luxurious and rare publication in the same spirit as the Gazette du Bon Ton, started in 1912 and interrupted by the war in 1914 after 79 issues. Each issue included a variable number of stencil-colored plates, drawn by the greatest artists of the time (George Barbier, Gerda Wegener, Umberto Brunelleschi, Adrien Etienne Drian, Armand Vallée, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Jan van Broch, Madeleine Franc -Nohain (mfn)...).

Several plates & issues of this magazine currently on sale.