There was a bit of this stuff done during the inter-war years (1919-1939). Triangles (and the diamond shapes they could combine to create) were one of the notable motifs of the art deco era and an illustration by Georges Lepape (1887-1971) appeared on the cover of Vogue's January 1, 1925 edition, featuring a Vosin roadster, juxtaposed one of French artist Sonia Delaunay’s (1885–1979) "simultaneous" pattern dresses. Vogue was of course about frocks, shoes and such but its influence extended over the years to fields as diverse as interior decorating and industrial design. Lepape has long been strangely neglected in the history of art deco but he was a fine practitioner whose reputation probably suffered because his compositions have always been regarded as derivative or imitative which seems unfair given there are many who are more highly regarded despite being hardly original.
One collector was in 2015 so taken with Pepape’s image that when refurbishing his 1927 Voisin C14 Lumineuse (literally “light”, an allusion to the Voisin’s greenhouse-inspired design which allowed natural light to fill the interior), he commissioned Dutch artist Bernadette Ramaekers to hand-paint a geometric triangular pattern in sympathy with that on the Vogue cover. Ms Ramaekers took six months to complete the project and in 2022 the car sold at auction for £180,000.
You went looking on other sites for the stuff I already posted? https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/08/1927-avoin-voisin-painted-to-mimic.html https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-couple-cars-from-20s-with-fashion.html What the heck?
But getting back to the checkerboard... it's just not good looking like the Lepape and Delauney designs. They had style!
There was a bit of this stuff done during the inter-war years (1919-1939). Triangles (and the diamond shapes they could combine to create) were one of the notable motifs of the art deco era and an illustration by Georges Lepape (1887-1971) appeared on the cover of Vogue's January 1, 1925 edition, featuring a Vosin roadster, juxtaposed one of French artist Sonia Delaunay’s (1885–1979) "simultaneous" pattern dresses. Vogue was of course about frocks, shoes and such but its influence extended over the years to fields as diverse as interior decorating and industrial design. Lepape has long been strangely neglected in the history of art deco but he was a fine practitioner whose reputation probably suffered because his compositions have always been regarded as derivative or imitative which seems unfair given there are many who are more highly regarded despite being hardly original.
ReplyDeleteOne collector was in 2015 so taken with Pepape’s image that when refurbishing his 1927 Voisin C14 Lumineuse (literally “light”, an allusion to the Voisin’s greenhouse-inspired design which allowed natural light to fill the interior), he commissioned Dutch artist Bernadette Ramaekers to hand-paint a geometric triangular pattern in sympathy with that on the Vogue cover. Ms Ramaekers took six months to complete the project and in 2022 the car sold at auction for £180,000.
https://bid.goodingco.com/lots/view/1-69M3B8/1927-avions-voisin-c14-lumineuse
You went looking on other sites for the stuff I already posted? https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/08/1927-avoin-voisin-painted-to-mimic.html
Deletehttps://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-couple-cars-from-20s-with-fashion.html
What the heck?
But getting back to the checkerboard... it's just not good looking like the Lepape and Delauney designs. They had style!
Could this be St Louis MO Purina company. At one time, they painted their buildings & trucks checkerboard red & white.
ReplyDeleteI just posted Purina trucks a week or so ago...
DeleteI guess it's possible, but I think the rings in the wheels makes it unlikely