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International studio (1897)

New York · leaf 418

An illustration from International studio, 1897, leaf 418
ts; but when adesigner comes forwardwith indisputably the fin-est works that have beenachieved in any particularmedium, the world islikely, figuratively, towear a beaten path to bisdoor. And when biswork is so spirited, sodiverting and so sheerlydecorative as the accom-paiiying illustrations… … conspicuous is a highlystylized decorative hand-ling, a shaping of thechosen subject into ablack-and-white patterninstinct with movement,delicate grace, even ele-gance. There is an utterlysophisticated note, notonly occasionally in thesubject-matter, but almosteverywhere in the exagger-ation oj…

Art · Decoration and ornament

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