Sem (Album 25 Plate 27) “Bravo Barclay” Paris, 1923
$695.00
Georges Goursat (1863 – 1934) was a French caricaturist known as “Sem.” A charming and talented man, Goursat was working in Paris at the time of the opening of the Universal Exposition in 1900 where the Art Nouveau style in architecture and decoration was hugely popular. His inspiration came from observing French high society enjoying life at restaurants, at the opera and at the races.
Goursat supported himself selling illustrations both humorous and serious to the French major periodicals of the day. He put together albums of caricatures depicting high society in Monte Carlo, Deauville, the Cote d’Azur, and Paris. He wrote articles and created posters illustrating the tourist towns of Deauville, Cannes, and Monte Carlo. His art is particularly associated with the Belle Epoque and his unique style of drawing brought him great success and fame. The printing method Goursat utilized is called pochoir. It was a technique of creating prints by applying color and line with cutout stencils. Some pochoir prints utilized thirty stencils for a single image. These prints are wonderful examples and historically significant as reference to Belle Epoque France. We are pleased to be able to offer such a wide variety of the very best images.
Pochoir print
19 x 13 inches sheet size
Very good condition.
1 in stock
