Comments on: André Durenceau – Inspirations 1928

By: michael

michael — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:34:18 +0000

The sort of work that Durenceau was producing in these folios was aimed at a niche industry that grew out of the fashion, couture and allied decorative arts trade, called fashion forecasting.
Have a look at Promostyl and International Colour Authority for the modern version.
Durenceau certainly seems to have been having a lot of wild fun in his work!

By: Dan ODay

Dan ODay — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:28:58 +0000

Thanks for the information on Andre Durenceau. I was fortunate to find a complete Inspirations portfolio with original binder some years ago, but could find little about him until now. The title page notes that no plate uses more than six colors, and many use no more than three. Some of the plates are so bizarre as to be almost disturbing.

By: michael

michael — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:46:29 +0000

@David. Can you send a scan of the Emir’s Harem illustration?
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By: David Moore

David Moore — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:01:52 +0000

In September, 1934, the great African American poet Langston Hughes published an exotic essay about his time in Soviet Central Asia in the glossy monthly the Woman’s Home Companion. The essay was titled “In An Emir’s Harem.” The lush illustration on the first page was by Durenceau. Thanks to the original poster for offering more about this artist!

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