#cubistic geometry

1920 Janine Aghion, "Untitled - Dancer (from The Essence of the mode of the day)".

This is a pochoir plate from the exquisite early Art Deco portfolio by Janine Aghion, illustrating the Joys of the Day. Aghion was an illustrator and fashion designer, starting her career with renowned couturier Paul Poiret in Paris in the Teens. Aghion's style was in the avant-garde, with cubistic geometry, vibrant fields of color and extremely elongated figures that bordered on pure abstraction. This 15 plate portfolio of a woman in different activities throughout the day is one of the joys of Jazz Age fashion illustration. This plate is very rare - #76 of an edition of 150. (x)