Georges DE FEURE
Two Elegant Women: Design for the Cover of Les Modes
Date 1919
Period 20th century
Origin France
Medium Gouache, Watercolour, gold, On pale grey paper, Over traces of a pencil underdrawing
Dimension 37 x 26.1 cm (14⁵/₈ x 10¹/₄ inches)
De Feure produced numerous cover drawings for Les Modes over a period of several years. Founded by the art dealers and publishers Manzi, Joyant & Cie. and published monthly between 1901 and 1937, Les Modes (subtitled Revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la Femme) was one of the leading French fashion magazines of the early 20th century. Each issue was devoted to ‘decorative art as applied to women’, and came to include both colour and black and white photographs of society figures and actresses modelling the latest Parisian fashions.
In addition to Les Modes and its sister publication Le Théatre, Georges de Feure contributed cover drawings for several other French journals, including Cocorico and Le Figare illustré (which devoted a special issue to the artist in February 1900), as well as the American magazine Dress, which was closely associated with Les Modes.
Date: 1919
Period: 20th century
Origin: France
Medium: Gouache, Watercolour, gold, On pale grey paper, Over traces of a pencil underdrawing
Signature: Signed dE FEURE in red ink at the lower left.
Dimension: 37 x 26.1 cm (14⁵/₈ x 10¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Private collection, Paris.
Literature: Les Modes, Christmas 1919, reproduced on the cover.
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