Gazette du Bon Ton, 1914 - No. 4, Pl. 38: Le lys rouge / Robe du soir de Paul Poiret 1914

Simone A. Puget made this print in 1914, probably using stencils or some kind of transfer. I can almost feel Puget leaning over the paper, carefully placing each color. It’s so neat and tidy, and the black square feels like a stage. The brown of the dress is interesting—it’s almost like raw canvas, you know? It feels so different from the green skirt with all the little patterned circles. I bet it was really fun to make that skirt. I can imagine her carefully placing the stencil, filling in each shape, one by one. It must’ve been pretty satisfying seeing it all come together. It kinda reminds me of some of Hilma af Klint’s works, with all the flat planes of color. Both artists explore a kind of stylized figuration using colors to create feelings, and it makes you wonder what kind of conversations were happening back then. Art is just one big, long conversation, right?