Le Paravent Rouge (The Red Screen)

This color pochoir (stencil) print from Gazette du Bon Ton depicts a fashionable woman in an elegant black evening gown posed against a folding screen decorated with Asian characters and symbols. The composition merges Art Deco geometry with Orientalist aesthetics—the screen's red panels and stylized calligraphy reflect the early 20th-century European fascination with Asian design. The figure's elongated form, dramatic silhouette, and cool detachment exemplify the magazine's sophisticated approach to fashion illustration. Rather than satirical caricature in the tradition of Gillray or Daumier, this work belongs to the decorative arts tradition, yet shares with comic illustration an interest in flattened forms, bold outlines, and exaggerated proportions.