A 1920 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This illustration is by Eduardo Garcia Benito, a Spanish illustrator influenced by Modigliani who had a long association with Vogue magazine and did many covers for them. On fine paper with deckled edges.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper which increases at edges.
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A signed silkscreen print (also known as a serigraph) by Corita Kent (1918-1986) from her "International Signal Code Alphabet" series, in which she made one print for each letter of the alphabet, usually in an edition of 200. This print for the letter "U". Kent was an artist, activist and educator who became a Catholic nun at the age of 18 in the Immaculate Heart of Mary order. During the 1960s her work became increasingly political and included calls to fight poverty, racism and social injustice. This led to tension...
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A 1920 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This dramatic scene, "the death of love," is illustrated by the French designer Charles Martin.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper; corners lightly bumped and 1/8" closed tear at bottom middle.
Item #1012

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A 1922 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This illustration of a design by the fashion team Martial et Armand is by Pierre Mourgue, a French illustrator who also did work for Vogue magazine in the US.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper.
Item #563

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A 1921 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This jacket illustration is by the legendary French designer Paul Poiret. Many of Poiret's designs are included in the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper.
Item #1009

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