May 09, 2013 - Sale 2313

Sale 2313 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 10,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
BARBIER, GEORGE. Le Bonheur du Jour ou, les Graces à la Mode. 16 plates and cover illustration colored in pochoir by Henri Reidel after George Barbier, 10 of which are beautifully matted and framed, but some margins trimmed and with tape remnants on verso affecting top edge of prints where adhered to mats, illustrated title-page and illustrations in the text, Folio, 310x447 mm; 12 1/4x15 5/8 inches, contents loose as issued in original printed paper wrappers, scattered light soiling and dampspotting to covers and margins of contents. Paris: Chez Meynial, [1924]

Additional Details

barbier's tour-de-force of current art, fashion, and theater; he created the images with an intentional eye to the dances, interiors, and decorative arts of the day. A number of the plates have been professionally framed with coordinating materials. Carteret IV-58.