£3,400
SURFACE PATTERN DESIGNS. E A SEGUY - Papillons, Vingt planches en phototypie coloriees au patron donnat 81 papillons et 16 compositons decoratives, published Tomer Editeur Paris. A set of 20, loose leaf sheets. A stunning production typical of the mastery of Seguy’s work, of the early 20th century. Being part of a series of works relating to the natural world, this his MAGNUM OPUS, dipping effortlessly into the ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO styles of the time. Sixteen sheets assigned to various studies of multiple butterflies, with 4 additional, related sheets borrowing from the previous forms to create more abstract ornamentation design more to suit surface pattern repetitions. Housed in original printed card folio. An extremely uncommon complete set.
No ownership or library marks; all the pages are discoloured but the illustrations are vibrant; the table of the plates and the number of plates indicate that there maybe a frontispiece missing
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