HARPERS BAZAR Magazine Aug 1915 Art Deco Cover by Georges Lepape Vol L No 8

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HARPERS BAZAR Magazine Aug 1915 Art Deco Cover by Georges Lepape Vol L No 8 Here is one of the iconic fashion magazines from late 1800's thru the 1900's. This issue has an art deco cover by Georges Lepape (biography at close of description). This is the August 1915 edition, Vol L No 8 FALL FABRICS AND FROCKS FOR THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS. Size is about 14" by 10 1/4". Light wear , light soiling, a few small, closed tears taped on the back side. Some light creasing, some light curling at the tips of the page corners. Spine has a couple cracks in the paper covering, but the covering is totally intact and not peeling. The inside is EXCELLENT. Georges Lepape was born in Paris, France in 1887. He initially studied as an apprentice at the ateliers of Humbert and Cormon. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1908 to 1910, where his companions included George Barbier and his cousin Pierre Brissaud, as well as Monvel, Besnard, Paul Iribe and George Martin. They all became famous illustrators later on, all of whom you will find in our illustrators section. In 1909 Georges married a girl named Gabrielle Lauzanne. The same year he met Paul Poiret. In 1909, he began working for Paul Poiret and in 1911 he illustrated Poiret's famous brochure, Les Choses de Paul Poiret". In 1912, he moved to Jean Patou, to illustrate his collections. He also started illustrating for the Paris fashion magazine Gazette du Bon Ton published by Lucien Vogel. Georges remained working for Vogel till 1925. Lepape also worked freelance for many magazines including the Gazette du Bon Ton, Femina, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Les Feuillets d'Art. In 1916 Conde Nast, the American publisher of Vogue, commisioned him to do the first cover for their UK edition. After seeing his work, and publishing some of it in US Vogue also, Nast went to Paris around 1920 and brought over to Vogue a group of artists who had been contributing to the Gazette du Bon Ton, a magazine which he had taken over from Vogel. Lepape was one of these. In 1922 Vogue did a spread showing the exploits of 6 Parisiennes, the illustrations for which Nast spread out to 6 of his illustrators. Lepape was given a gay, romantic, hedonistic girl named Francoise with only her white elephant charm for a pet. Lepape sets off this story with a splash of rich and subtle colour, and shows his Francoise resplendent in her box at the opera in Cheruit's low-necked gown. Conde Nast was quick to give Lepape the prominence of the Vogue cover. Lepape was one of the dominant presences at Vogue till the mid-30's. In the book "Fashion Drawing in Vogue" it is mentioned "Georges Lepape, star designer of Vogue covers throughout the 20's, ever as delicate, witty and stylish as he was inventive, did surprisingly little illustration inside the magazine. His contributions to Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Femina, House and Garden, l'Illustration and Vu continued till the fifties. Georges Lepape died in 1971 at the age of 84. MD buyer pays 6% sales tax. Please International shipping determined by location. If you are an international bidder email me for a quote. Do not pay the ebay generated invoice as the shipping is usually TOO HIGH. I will send you an invoice. Foreign buyers need to email me in advance to find out the shipping cost. Obviously I cannot ship to a foreign country as reasonably as to the U.S. International Buyers � Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. I will combine items to save on shipping. Thanks for your interest! Please look at all my auctions. I pack to the best of my ability (see my feedback comments). I welcome any questions that you might have! A word about shipping: shipping involves a lot more than postage or UPS charges. We have labels, boxes, packing materials and a "longer than most" trip to the Post Office or UPS. We are very ... read more

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