Très Parisien, 1923, No 8: 4. - COQUETTES. / Une courte veste... 1923

This fashion plate, *Très Parisien, 1923, No 8: 4. - COQUETTES*, was printed anonymously with ink on paper. The way the patterns sit on the figures, they have such an incredible flatness. It almost feels like a dance of shape and form. I wonder what the artist was thinking when they made this? Were they trying to render the clothes with exactness, or were they thinking about something else entirely, like the sheer rhythm of form? I'm thinking of Hilma af Klint. I wonder what she would have made of these women. The colours are quite demure but that allows the overall shape to really be the most important thing. And how the composition works is all about that. It all feels so assured.