VOGUE COVERS 1909-1940, LADY DIANA COOPER
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The Art Of Vogue
Covers 1909-1940
by
William Packer
Introduction by Lady Diana Cooper
Large Illustrated 4to Hardcover in Dustjacket Published by Harmony Books 1980
Stated on the Front Dustjacket Flap:
This Unique Collection of Over 100 Drawn Covers All Reproduced in Color Includes Every Cover Published Between 1920 and 1930 and a Large Selection From What Went Before or Came After.
Conde Nast First Published Vogue in America in 1909,and From Then Until Well Into the Thirties, When Photography Began Slowly To Take Over, All The Covers Were Specially Commissioned From Distinguished Artists and Designers of the Time. This Book Thus Provides a remarkably Valuable Record of the Designs, The Fashions and the Graphic Art of A Period Which Saw Momentous Developments in the Arts-A Time When the Work of the Young Picasso was Gaining Recognition and the Ballets of Diaghilev were Taking Paris, London and New York by Storm. In The Many Covers Artists such as Lepape and Benito drew for Vogue the True Image of the Jazz Age is Brilliantly Reflected.
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