Insectes, Pl. 19: Abstract Decorative Patterns
Nineteenth plate of portfolio with a collection of twenty pochoir pattern plates, titled "Insectes: vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron donnant quatre-vingts insectes et seize compositions décoratives" (Insects: twenty plates with colored phototypes with patterns with eighty insects and sixteen decorative compositions), created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by Tolmer Éditeur, probably in the 1920s. The plate features four abstract ornamental patterns inspired on the natural beauty of insects, providing what Séguy considered a successful example of the application of their scientific study in artistic creation, resulting in colorful designs likely intended for textiles or wallpapers. The first pattern consists of rosettes made up of semi-abstract insects colored with shades of brown, white, black, and green, on a red ground. The second design is made up of semi-abstract beetles, colored with red, white, brown, and black, standing on semi-abstract leaves, colored with green and shades of brown, which grow from an undulating branch that runs vertically across the pattern, over a bluish-gray ground. The third design is made up of a vertical strip of alternating semi-abstract insect wings (?) colored with purple, green, gray, orange, and black on a brown ground. The fourth design is made up of alternating open-winged beetles (?) colored with black, white, green, and shades of brown, on a purple ground with interlacing branches, colored with green, black, and gray.
Artwork Details
- Title: Insectes, Pl. 19: Abstract Decorative Patterns
- Designer: Designed by Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877–1951)
- Publisher: Published by Tolmer Editeur , Paris
- Date: [1929]
- Medium: Lithograph and pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 11/16 in. (45 × 32.3 cm)
Portfolio: 18 5/16 × 13 5/16 × 11/16 in. (46.5 × 33.8 × 1.8 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of the Everfast Industries Inc., 1971
- Object Number: 1971.638.2(19)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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