Guy-Pierre FAUCONNET (William SHAKESPEARE)
Maquettes de costumes dessinées par Fauconnet pour le Conte d'hiver de Shakespeare, représenté au Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Croquis de mode, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1920 n°2)[Costume designs by Fauconnet for Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale, staged at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Fashion Sketches, La Gazette du Bon Ton, 1920, no. 2)]
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1920|18 x 24 cm|relié
Set of eight original color engravings, printed on laid paper and signed at the lower right and left of the plates. The plates are introduced by a text signed by Jean Cocteau and depict costumes for Shakespeare’s play (two Shepherdesses, Paulina, and Time).
Bradel binding in full decorative paper, smooth spine, brown shagreen title-piece, binding signed by Goy & Vilaine.
Original engravings created for the illustration of La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the twentieth century, celebrating the talent of French designers and artists at the height of the Art Deco movement.
€600
