272 - [MAGAZINE - ART DECO]. Art et Décoration. A monthly magazine of modern art. 64 issues published from January 1922 to April 1927.

[MAGAZINE - ART DECO]. Art et Décoration. A monthly magazine of modern art. 64 issues published from January 1922 to April 1927. A rare collection of 64 issues of the most prestigious Art Deco magazine, showcasing the movement’s golden age, in 4 identically bound volumes. Paris, Éditions Albert Lévy / Librairie centrale des Beaux-Arts, from January 1922 to April 1927. 4 in-4 volumes, fawn half-basane, spine with 2 triple raised bands cold-stamped, title and date cold-stamped in the center, covers lined with textured paper, endpapers and linings of marbled paper (modern binding). Discontinuous pagination, numerous reproductions both within and outside the text in black and color. Printed in two columns. Leather slightly scuffed and soiled. A collection of the 64 issues published between January 1922 and April 1927 (volumes XLI through L) of the most important French magazine on Art Deco, lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color reproductions both within and outside the text. Covering the magazine’s most prestigious and sought-after period, this collection documents the golden age of Art Deco in France, culminating in the planning, staging, and review of the historic International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925. It showcases the major creations of the era in architecture and interior design (Robert Mallet-Stevens, Pierre Chareau, Francis Jourdain, Michel Roux-Spitz, Süe and Mare, Ruhlmann), as well as in furniture, glassware and silverware (René Lalique, Jean Dunand, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jean Puiforcat, Maurice Marinot), as well as in fashion, textiles, and graphic design (Raoul Dufy, Paul Poiret, Sonia Delaunay, Pierre Legrain). It includes articles by the leading figures in 20th-century art criticism (Guillaume Janneau, Léandre Vaillat, Gabriel Mourey, Yvanhoé Rambosson, etc.). The April 1927 issue is incomplete. In good, sturdy condition overall; the interior is perfectly preserved.