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[TEXTILE] Helen MAI PSEUDONYM OF JEANNE LARTIGUE (PARIS, AUGUST 12, 1903 - PARIS, JANUARY 1995) - Set of 29 original projects painted in gouache and ink, spread over 20 plates, geometric, striped and checkered textile models, for fashion or furnishing textiles. In sheets, mounted on white canson, dimensions of the supports: +/-500 x 325 or 420 x 300 mm. 2 projects are stamped by Helen May. Several are titled, the majority of them are annotated in graphite. They were all elaborated on paper mounted on the support, of various colors in association with the motif. They all have a handwritten dimension in black ink, in the lower right corner. Set of textile models with geometric graphics for furniture or fashion ("all ranges"), intended to be printed or woven or a combination. Some are presented with colored variations. The majority of the patterns are in the fitting and 3 are titled. GEOMETRIC PATTERNS: A set of geometric patterns, many of which evoke variations of plaid, tartan or other weave of dummy weave, with various strokes: most are very finely drawn, one is done in chalk, which gives a thicker rendering. One of the patterns evokes a tweed effect and comes in three colorful variations. A set of 8 plates presents various fine and delicate stripes, two of which are declined in colored variants. Two patterns feature fine geometric structures with hatchings and small triangles and diamonds and are intended for printing. PATTERN FOR PRINTING OR WEAVING: 3 projects are titled, "GLACES ROMPUES" is a very small geometric pattern in three colors, made of fine lines, enhanced with small square or triangular elements in white, copper or coral, on a dark blue-green background. "MEDICIS" is a simple geometrical pattern in brown tones embellished with small fringed black paper borders, intended to be woven. The use of laces is recommended in the text for the white, gray and ochre lines. "CARRELAGE" is a small, multicolored geometric pattern intended to be printed. It features a stylized grid pattern structured by small gray, red and white squares. SET 29 PROJECTS ON 20 SHEETS. Helen MAI pseudonym of Jeanne LARTIGUE (Paris, August 12, 1903 - Paris, January 1995). Numbers 261 to 275 present a very nice selection of original gouaches for projects intended for furniture or clothing textiles as well as projects for handbags. The vast majority of these models are signed by her or stamped with her Parisian address on Boulevard Raspail. Abstract and cubist painter, designer, ceramist, mosaicist, sculptor, etc.. Helen Mai, a multi-talented artist, relative of the famous photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue, has created numerous ceramic pieces, mosaics and enamels, models for the decorative arts and fashion (designs for African inspired fabrics). Many of her works have been acquired by Jean Lelong. She has exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, La Grande Chaumière and the Lucy Krogh Gallery. In the field of decoration, she is best known for having practiced encaust painting, thus rediscovering the secrets of the ancient frescoes of Pompeii or Fayoum. This technique with burnt colors, used by the great masters of Greek and Roman painting and then Byzantine. Helen Mai has rediscovered this painting, using a hot iron instead of a brush to apply a colored wax to fix it on the support, by burning it. We find different techniques mixed in the projects presented here (bags, then fabrics and papers). The same richness of inspiration in all these motifs which are nourished by nature, and also by various cultures and periods.
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