
Éventails (Primary Title)
Le Bonheur du Jour, ou, Les Graces à la Mode (Series Title)
George Barbier, French, 1882 - 1932 (Artist)
Henri Reidel (Engraver)
Jules Meynial, French, Paris (Publisher)
Beaucaire. The colored and stenciled prints (pochoir in French) from Barbier’s Le Bonheur du Jour are considered by scholars to be some of his most important work. The plates depict ladies and gentlemen engaged in amusements of the day wearing the latest Paris fashions.
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