Joie de vivre: Le Bonheur du Jour ou Les Graces à la Mode, Henri Reidel, after George Barbier, 1924

engraving, h 310mm × w 448mm More details

Luxuriously produced fashion series by artists immerse the reader in a world of exotic colours and joie de vivre. George Barbier writes in the introduction of Le Bonheur du Jour that everything in his album delights the eye: extravagant clothing, feather fans, amorous entangle-ments, and pleasant diversion.

Identification

Title(s)

Joie de vivre: Le Bonheur du Jour ou Les Graces à la Mode
Le Bonheur du Jour ou Les Graces à la Mode: Eventails (title on object)
Le Bonheur du Jour ou Les Graces à la Mode (series title)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-2009-1860-16

Inscriptions / marks

date

Description

Modieus gezelschap in een theaterloge. De dames hebben grote veren waaiers bij zich. Uit serie Le Bonheur du Jour ou Les Graces à la Mode.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Henri Reidel (mentioned on object)
after drawing by: George Barbier (mentioned on object)
publisher: Jules Meynial

Place

Paris

Dating

1924

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving / pochoir / hand coloring

Measurements

height 310 mm × width 448 mm

Subject

What

When

1920 - 1924

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 30-Sep-2009

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Is part of

Le Bonheur du Jour pour 1920 (RP-P-2009-1860)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.500017

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