Très Parisien, 1925, No. 10, Pl. 10: Créations Jane Regny, - DIPLOMATE 1925

This fashion plate, Très Parisien, 1925, No. 10, Pl. 10: Créations Jane Regny, DIPLOMATE, was printed in 1925, probably using a lithographic process. It’s so simple, these flat planes of colour, the outlines so minimal. There is no real blending or shading, just clear colour choices to show us the cut and design of the clothes. The yellow behind the figures almost looks like a stain, or as if the figures have left a residue of their presence, not unlike the ghosts of figures in early photography. These clean blocks of colour remind me of Stuart Davis in some ways, taking what is simple and using colour and form to highlight a very modern sensibility. And though it's a commercial image, not fine art, you see the artist’s hand in the lines, the choices, the composition.