Designs by Erté: Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from

Designs by Erté: Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from "Harper's Bazar"

The Russian-born, Paris-based artist ErtÃ© (Romain de Tirtoff) is best known for his incomparably styled fashion and theater designs of the 1910s and 1920s. From 1915 to 1936 ErtÃ© was associated with Harper's Bazar, furnishing readers with fashion designs, cover art, and word-pictures of the European fashion scenes. This book is a selection of ErtÃ©'s remarkable work for Harper's Bazar, including 310 of his line drawings and 8 full-color images as well as selections from his letters for the magazine. Of these drawings, 12 have been reproduced directly from the original pen drawings at original size for this edition.
In the illustrations, ErtÃ© shows gowns, coats, pajamas, hats, and accessories of all sorts and for each season. Tassels, fur muffs, capes, hair stylings, and other extravagant flourishes are second nature to ErtÃ© in these designs. The drawings themselves are striking evocations of the "temptress" type of feminine allure, and are works of art in their own right whose exotic styles are inseparable from the style of the fashions they depict. The original Harper's captions have been reprinted with each illustration.
This selection from ErtÃ©'s work has been made by Stella Blum, Curator of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, who has chosen the illustrations both for their interest as art and for their importance in the development of fashion. Copies of Harper's Bazar from the years of ErtÃ©'s great work are very hard to find today, and students of fashion, fashion illustration, and others interested in ErtÃ© will find this a most welcome collection.
Country USA
Brand Dover Publications
Manufacturer Dover Publications
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES238502
ReleaseDate 1976-12-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 800759233977
EANs 9780486233970

Country	USA
Brand	Dover Publications
Manufacturer	Dover Publications
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES238502
ReleaseDate	1976-12-01
UnitCount	1
UPCs	800759233977
EANs	9780486233970

Designs by Erté: Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from "Harper's Bazar"