Papillons, Pl. 8

Tolmer Editeur|Emile-Allain Séguy

[ca. 1920–29] · Lithograph and pochoir · Drawings and Prints

Eighth plate of album with 20 pochoir pattern plates, titled "Papillons: vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron donnant 81 papillons et 16 compositions décoratives" (Butterflies: twenty plates with colored phototypes with patterns with 81 butterflies and 16 decorative compositions), created by Emile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by Tolmer Éditeur, probably in the 1920s. The plate features five naturalistic illustrations of exotic butterflies from India, Venezuela, North America, the Himalayas, and Congo, executed with shades of brown, green, black, white, purple, and orange. The depictions of butterflies in the illustration are remarkably detailed, revealing Séguy's unique interest in the scientific study of insects as a source of inspiration for artistic creation. This illustration was likely meant to inspire designs for textiles and wallpapers.

Artist

Tolmer Editeur|Emile-Allain Séguy

Date

[ca. 1920–29]

Medium

Lithograph and pochoir

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1925, transferred from the Library