{"product_id":"ertzss-fashion-designs-9780486242033","title":"Erté's Fashion Designs","description":"Ert? once designed a costume for Mata Hari. Sixty-seven years later, still creating, he designed costumes and sets for the 1980 Glyndebourne Festival's \u003ci\u003eDer Rosenkavalier. \u003c\/i\u003eIn between (mostly in the '20s) he was the only top Paris designer illustrating his own \u003ci\u003ehaute couture, \u003c\/i\u003emost of the illustrations appearing in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazar. \u003c\/i\u003eAn earlier volume (\u003ci\u003eFashion Drawings and Illustrations from \"Harper's Bazar\" \u003c\/i\u003e0-486-23397-9) sampled some of Ert?'s enormous contributions to that magazine; this is another collection of original designs from Ert?'s triumphant \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazar\u003c\/i\u003e period. \u003cbr\u003e\"He envisioned women,\" wrote Stella Blum, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Curator, \"not only as ultra-chic creatures for whom money was no object, but also as . . . music hall stars, Assyrian princesses, Egyptian queens. . . . Yet under this veil of fantasy the clothes and accessories Ert? created reveal a sound construction that really works.\" Ert? loves elaborate decoration, but hates meaningless ornament; these 218 illustrations show how he integrates all his pockets, pearls, cuffs, fur linings, jeweled tassels, and seamless dresses into thematic unity, and maintains a consistent ideal of fashion, by constant improvisation and inventive wielding of pure line. His firework color sense finds spectacular realization in 8 full-color reproductions of \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazar\u003c\/i\u003e covers, all of which are now prized collector's items. In both black-and-white and color work, his sinuous, undulating line and decorative flair never fail, and show why his fashion design has not only returned to popular favor, but is being seen in museums and galleries along with his paintings and prints. \u003cbr\u003eOver a career spanning the century, Ert? has expressed his versatility in many forms; in these exquisite, delicate, theatrical miniatures (which will delight any lover of fashion history and graphics) he gives the very best of himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Russian-born, Paris-bred artist Ert? (Romain de Tirtoff, 1892-1990) is recognized as one of the foremost fashion and theatrical designers of the 20th century. In 1968, when he produced his first lithographs, art lovers discovered that he had found another medium suited to his extraordinary talents.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175037600018,"sku":"9780486242033","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8b05b61-c51c-4119-80d5-4aa313b03537.jpg?v=1744282444","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ertzss-fashion-designs-9780486242033","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}