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SERGE GLADKY (1880-1930)
24
NOUVELLES COMPOSITIONS DECORATIVES / 1ERE SERIE. Portfolio with 46 of
48 plates. Circa 1928.
13x10 inches, 33x25
1
/
2
cm. Charles Moreau, Paris.
Condition varies, generally B / B+: plates foxed; printed cloth boards with cloth ties; spine breaking; contents
loose, as issued.
Serge Gladky was an architect whose primary artistic legacy is several stunning pochoir portfolios that
he designed in the late 1920s.
Nouvelles Compositions Decoratives, series 1
, contains abstract decorative
designs accomplished in his vibrant cubist style. Gladky uses geometric forms and bright colors, to cre-
ate a tour-de-force of Art Deco ornamentation. Missing plates 24 and 44.
[1,000/1,500]