Sortilèges Material:225g Fine Art Paper and considerable inner tension just

and considerable inner tension just beneath

the design uses flat colour fields and confident lettering to evoke place and mood simultaneously — direct

set against richly patterned grounds that blur the line between fashion plate and fine art

The composition is close and insistent

Sortilèges Material:225g Fine Art Paper and considerable inner tension justSortilges meaning "spells" or "enchantments" is a quintessential example of George Barbier's Art Deco illustration at its most theatrical. A French master of early 20th century decorative arts, Barbier composed scenes of elegance and mystery: figures in elaborate costume, set against richly patterned grounds that blur the line between fashion plate and fine art. The colour palette here is characteristically jewel toned, the linework refined and