Erte's Fashion Designs: 218 Illustrations from ""Harper's Bazar"" 1918-1932 - Hardcover
Erté once designed a costume for Mata Hari. Sixty-seven years later, still creating, he designed costumes and sets for the 1980 Glyndebourne Festival's Der Rosenkavalier. In between (mostly in the '20s) he was the only top Paris designer illustrating his own haute couture, most of the illustrations appearing in Harper's Bazar. An earlier volume (Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from "Harper's Bazar" 0-486-23397-9) sampled some of Erté's enormous contributions to that magazine; this is another collection of original designs from Erté's triumphant Harper's Bazar period.
"He envisioned women," wrote Stella Blum, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Curator, "not only as ultra-chic creatures for whom money was no object, but also as . . . music hall stars, Assyrian princesses, Egyptian queens. . . . Yet under this veil of fantasy the clothes and accessories Erté created reveal a sound construction that really works." Erté loves elaborate decoration, but hates meaningless ornament; these 218 illustrations show how he integrates all his pockets, pearls, cuffs, fur linings, jeweled tassels, and seamless dresses into thematic unity, and maintains a consistent ideal of fashion, by constant improvisation and inventive wielding of pure line. His firework color sense finds spectacular realization in 8 full-color reproductions of Harper's Bazar covers, all of which are now prized collector's items. In both black-and-white and color work, his sinuous, undulating line and decorative flair never fail, and show why his fashion design has not only returned to popular favor, but is being seen in museums and galleries along with his paintings and prints.
Over a career spanning the century, Erté has expressed his versatility in many forms; in these exquisite, delicate, theatrical miniatures (which will delight any lover of fashion history and graphics) he gives the very best of himself.
"He envisioned women," wrote Stella Blum, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Curator, "not only as ultra-chic creatures for whom money was no object, but also as . . . music hall stars, Assyrian princesses, Egyptian queens. . . . Yet under this veil of fantasy the clothes and accessories Erté created reveal a sound construction that really works." Erté loves elaborate decoration, but hates meaningless ornament; these 218 illustrations show how he integrates all his pockets, pearls, cuffs, fur linings, jeweled tassels, and seamless dresses into thematic unity, and maintains a consistent ideal of fashion, by constant improvisation and inventive wielding of pure line. His firework color sense finds spectacular realization in 8 full-color reproductions of Harper's Bazar covers, all of which are now prized collector's items. In both black-and-white and color work, his sinuous, undulating line and decorative flair never fail, and show why his fashion design has not only returned to popular favor, but is being seen in museums and galleries along with his paintings and prints.
Over a career spanning the century, Erté has expressed his versatility in many forms; in these exquisite, delicate, theatrical miniatures (which will delight any lover of fashion history and graphics) he gives the very best of himself.
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- PublisherDOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0486242358
- ISBN 13 9780486242354
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages71
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ERTES FASHION DESIGNS: 218 ILLUSTRATIONS from HARPERS BAZAR 1918~1932, Including 8 Covers In Full Color; Limited Edition Copy # 215, Signed By Author. *
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Carol BELANGER GRAFTON, Cover Design by. B00K: As New/, 1981 (illustrator). B00K: As New/, $98.80 0486242358 ERTES FASHION DESIGNS: 218 ILLUSTRATIONS from HARPERS BAZAR 1918~1932, Including 8 Covers In Full Color; Limited Edition Copy # 215, Signed By Author. * ERTE Carol BELANGER GRAFTON, Cover Design by. Dover Publications New York ~ Canada * * * * * 1981 Limited Edition Tall Wide D/j + H/c. Glossy Green Spine With Title In Black Letters, Price Clipped Dust Jacket: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge STRECTHING And Corner Wear. Finger Pull Tear, Top Of Spine. Hard Cover B00K: As New/, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 71 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, In As New/ Condition, Clean To The Spine, Slight Use. Corners Are Square. Limited Edition Copy # 25, Of 1250 Copies Signed By Author Inside Front Cover. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut, Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = New Corrugated Mailing B0X ~ = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described. Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not Personally Know This Person Or Persons, And Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Implied Or Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 019107
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