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Sale 2683 - Lot 302

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
Rouit, Henri (fl. circa 1930), artistic director.
Art-Goût-Beauté: Feuillets de l'Elegance Feminine.

Paris: Albert Godde, Bedin et Cie, 1920-1933.

Folio, 25 limited edition issues comprising: January, February, April-July, September-December 1923, January-December 1925; January and February 1927, and December 1931; Nos. 58 and 63 include errata slips for the preceding issue, many with the original subscriber slips (all of which are blank) and additional advertisement slips; each issue extensively illustrated with numerous colored pochoirs and, in the later parts, occasional black-and-white photographs featuring designs from leading luxury fashion houses of Paris; bound in original paper wrappers with a lovely color illustration mounted on each cover, bound with silk cords tied through the centerfolds at spine head (minor creasing throughout, foxing to one or two leaves; wrappers are all a bit bumped at corners, some lightly toned); 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

One of the rarest Art Deco fashion periodicals, Art-Goût-Beauté was produced for the elite and wealthy women of Paris. The magazine provides an incredible view into the vogues of the 1920s and women's changing, though ever luxurious, aspirations throughout this vibrant period. (National Gallery of Victoria, The Campbell-Pretty Fashion Research Collection).
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