A. G. B. Art Taste Beauty 12 issues year 1923 in box, Very good condition

  
14031 [ART DECO MODE] - ROUIT (Henri), under the artistic direction of. Art - Taste - Beauty. 29 of January 1923 to No. Presses of the Special Printing House of the Successors of Albert Godde Bedin & Co., 1923, 12 issues in-4° (317 x 240 mm) in sheets under beige covers, color vignettes glued on the upper plates, gatherings held by a knotted silk cord, with 32 pages per issue (cover included). Complete year 1923 with its 12 monthly publications.

The issues of February, April, May, and June contain a small illustrated insert of 4 pages in the center called "Supplement." The endpapers reproduce the patterns of a fabric offered by AGB, different for each issue. Some advertising pages at the beginning and end of issues, often illustrated and colored with stencils.

The illustrations, typical of the Art Deco period, are unsigned; some cover vignettes bear the signature of Robert Polack. The issues are covered with crystal paper and inserted into a modern chasuble box covered in burgundy cloth, with the title and date gilded on the spine, and the interior covered with marbled paper. A beautiful collection of a complete year, rare in this condition. This luxurious Art Deco magazine was founded in September 1920 by the Société Albert Godde-Bedin et Compagnie (initials AGB recalling those of the magazine title), a textile factory located in Lyon. It was named Art - Taste - Good Style until September 1921. It presented the finest models from great designers Jean Patou, Paul Poiret, Doucet, Redfern, Worth, Jeanne Lanvin, Beer, etc., drawn and reproduced right on the pages or on added vignettes, most of the time colored with stencils, in the exact colors of their creation, as well as all the fashionable fabrics. In April 1933, after 152 published issues, Art, Taste, and Beauty was taken over by the Edouard Boucherit editions, which notably own Modes et Travaux; they renamed the title Voici la mode. Payment expected within 7 days after the end of the auction, thank you.