Jan 22, 2015 - Sale 2372

Sale 2372 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GEORGE BARBIER.
Perfume box design. Gouache, ink, and watercolor heightened in gold, on paper. 147x147 mm; 5 7/8x5 7/8 inches. Archivally matted and framed. 1920.

Additional Details

A beautiful design repeating a lady's profile and decorative rose trellis within diamond-panes. One of very few examples of Barbier's packaging illustration, this was likely done for Paul Poiret's perfume company, named after his daughter Rosine or possibly for the house of Paquin for whom he'd created designs.