More vintage and antique Paintings and Illustrations One of two wonderful Paul Iribe (1888 - 1935) advertising illustrations c. 30's for the French Winery Nicolas published in 1930 and 1931 at the presses of Draeger Freres. The Tentation or The Temptation in Engilish. Paul Iribe is a well listed, immensely talented artist who has been called one of the founders of Art Deco design. This particular advertising illustration is for Nicolas, who hired Iribe to design a large series of advertising ad campaigns to extol the virtues of the grape. "Relying on a sparse text and beautiful atmospheric plates, the images attempt to convince, you, the potential customer, that only the intrinsically civilized by-product of the grape, is worthy of consumption....." ".... just groupings of beautiful yet sinister image, artfully arranged to let you know, that drinking anything other than wine, betrays you, at the very least, as a social misfit, and ultimately perhaps, as morally deficient!" This first image is that of a nude man and woman, sitting down to dinner at a fine restaurant, entitle "La Tentation". The table is set up for a full silver service meal, with the tuxedo clad waiter looking rather horrified while he holds she shows the lady the wine menu. There is a further bent humor with the two fig leaves that the couple should be wearing is hanging over the Nicolas Wine sign. There is a bio of Iribe below. The last two photos are of the other framed Iribe lithograph I have listed.
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My collecting story starts after watching Astaire and Rogers float across a dance floor as a young girl, I have loved art deco design, art, fashion and jewelry. So bold and beautiful, and so different from anything that came before it. Art deco changed social and design sensibilities forever. A lifetime collector of high quality antiques and vintage, I started by making contacts, researching and learning. Picking the best of the best, I live with art deco and vintage decor and used to wear the fashions of the day. To say that I feel in love is an understatement. I reveled in the fact that I was able to reflect my unique style and sensibilities with a marriage of old and new.
Since I was in my teens I have bought what pleases me, what I find beautiful and unique, and the things that speak to me on a creative level. I hope that you can see and feel the passion and love that I feel for antiques and vintage pieces and share with you. You will find art deco, collectible and vintage fine art paintings, original illustrations and magazine covers, home decor, marble, alabaster and metal lamps, nude flapper table lamps, sterling silver decorative accents and tableware for the home and entertaining, designer and estate jewelry and fine vintage watches in my shop.