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GEORGE BARBIER.
Bonwit Teller invitation. Watercolor and ink on paper. Framed with finished, printed
invitation with pochoir coloring. Both measure 5x4 inches, image.Watercolor signed and
dated 1920 in upper right corner. Matted and framed.
[2,500/3,500]
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GEORGE BARBIER.
Perfume box design. Gouache, ink, and watercolor heightened in gold, on paper. 147x147
mm; 5
7
/
8
x5
7
/
8
inches. Archivally matted and framed. 1920.
[1,500/2,500]
A beautiful design repeating a lady’s profile and decorative rose trellis within diamond-panes.
One of very few examples of Barbier’s packaging illustration, this was likely done for Paul
Poiret’s perfume company, named after his daughter Rosine or possibly for the house of Paquin
for whom he’d created designs.
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