Pochoir prints from the 1924 portfolio “Nouvelles Variations. Soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches.” It is a collection of decorative motifs by the artist Edouard Benedictus and was published in Paris by Albert Lévy.

Front cover. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f1.planchecontact
Title page. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f12.item#
Lower image, View 14, Page 1. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f14.item
View 18, Page 3. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f18.item#
View 22, Page 5. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f22.item#
View 30, Page 9. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f30.item
View 32, Page 10. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f32.item
View 34, Page 11 (lower left detail) Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f34.item#
View 38, Page 13. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f38.item
View 38, Page 17. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f46.item#
View 52, Page 20. Benedictus: Nouvelles Variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Editions Albert Lévy – Paris – Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts. Published in 1924. Edouard Benedictus, artist. Albert Lévy, publisher. Pochoir prints. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gallica.bnf.fr. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15077177/f52.item#

This portfolio can be found in numerous other collections, including the Rhode Island School of Design, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Skidmore College just to name a few. The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) site has a link that lets you download a PDF of the entire portfolio.

https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_pochoir/8

Imagery from Edouard Benedictus’ 1924 folio “Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches.” Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Pochoir prints, these are.

Image 5 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 7 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 8 (lower image) from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 10 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 13 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 15 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 16 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 17 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 20 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir
Image 22 from a PDF of Edouard Benedictus’s 1924 folio Nouvelles variations : soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches. Pochoir print. Aux Éditions Albert Lévy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts. Collections of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=specialcollections_books_pochoir

I found out about these on the Instagram of the Milwaukee Wisconsin Public Library but found a scanned and downloadable copy that is in the collections of the library at the Rhode Island School of Design which is where these are taken from.

Porchoir prints by Natalia Goncharova and Mikhaïl Larionov. Taken from the folio “L’Art Décoratif Théatrical Moderne”, published in Paris in 1921. Part of an auction at Sotheby’s, all of these images being from the same lot. Natalia Goncharova did design work for the Ballets Russes.

Signed Mikhaïl Larionov on the lower right. From L’Art Décoratif Théatrical Moderne.. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana/goncharova-natalia-mikhail-larionov
From L’Art Décoratif Théatrical Moderne.. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana/goncharova-natalia-mikhail-larionov
Signed Mikhaïl Larionov on the upper left. From L’Art Décoratif Théatrical Moderne.. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana/goncharova-natalia-mikhail-larionov
Signed with the initials N. G. for Natalia Goncharova on the lower right. From L’Art Décoratif Théatrical Moderne.. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana/goncharova-natalia-mikhail-larionov

Pochoir prints from “Relais 1930,” a posthumous collection of designs by Édouard Benedictus who lived from 1878 to 1930 and designed textiles and wallpaper. Digital collections of the New York Public Library.

“Benedictis – Relais 9.” Three large flowers with leaves and smaller flowers; on grey field. Image ID#1556176. 1930. French. Pochoir print. Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e252-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/?rotate=90
“Benedictis – Relais 8.” Stripes, angles, and circles; on light grey field. Image ID#1556175. 1930. French. Pochoir print. Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. viahttps://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e251-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
“Benedicits – Relais 10.” Circles on blue field, rhomboids; on brown field. Image ID#1556177. 1930. French. Pochoir print. Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e253-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/?rotate=90
“Benedictis – Relais 11.” Abstract, angled and rounded shapes; on black field. ID #1556178. 1930. French. Pochoir print. Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e254-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/?rotate=90

Botanical Art Nouveau. Artwork done by Maurice Pillard, figures taken from the pages of “Etude de la plante: son application aux industries d’art: pochoir, papier peint, etoffes, céramique, marqueterie, tapis, ferronnerie, reliure, dentelles, broderies, vitrail, mosaïque, bijouterie, bronze, orfévrerie” which was printed in Paris in 1903 by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts.

“Anémone Sylvie.” Figure 33, page 41. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n41/mode/2up
Couverture d’album Porillon.” Figure 35, page 43. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n41/mode/2up
“Plat orné de Porillon.” Figure 34, page 41. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n41/mode/2up

A new design to dress up every room of your home. Enough to do the box room, too. Pochoir prints from M.P. Verneuil’s 1898 work “L’ornamentation par le pochoir”.

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“Fleurons Varies.” Plate 1, page 5. Collections of the Clark Art Institute Library. Boston Public Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/lornamentationpa00vern/page/n5/mode/2up

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“Bordures, rosaces, écoinçons.” Plate 2, page 7. Collections of the Clark Art Institute Library. Boston Public Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/lornamentationpa00vern/page/n7/mode/2up

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“Bordures et Semis. Palmettes et Ornements.” Plate 3, page 12. Collections of the Clark Art Institute Library. Boston Public Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/lornamentationpa00vern/page/n9/mode/2up

Papillons (butterflies) to put up and make your home feel like a butterfly garden. Art Déco, plates from Emile-Allain Séguy’s 1925 “Papillons.” Commissioned by American textile manufacturer F. Schumacher.

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Plate 1. Page 7. Smithsonian Libraries, Contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/7/mode/1up

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Plate 3. Page 11. Smithsonian Libraries, Contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/11/mode/1up

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Plate 2. Page 9. Smithsonian Libraries, Contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/9/mode/1up

Style sheets to make any space look a bit fancier. Ancient Egyptian designs from Helmuth Theodor Bossert’s work “An encyclopaedia of colour decoration from the earliest times to the middle of the XIXth century” which was published in Berlin in 1928.

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“Thebes, beginning of the 15th century, BC.” Egypt. Figures 16 and 17. Page 51. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Digitalized by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal LSTA funds. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n50/mode/1up

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“Egypt. Thebes. First half of the 15th century BC.” Figures 20 and 21. Page 54. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Digitalized by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal LSTA funds. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n54/mode/1up

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“Egypt. Thebes. First quarter of the 15th century BC.” Figures 18 and 19. Page 52.Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Digitalized by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal LSTA funds. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n52/mode/1up

Pochoir prints from “Relais 1930,” a posthumous collection of designs by Édouard Benedictus who lived from 1878 to 1930 and designed textiles and wallpaper. Digital collections of the New York Public Library.

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Fish, birds, abstract shapes; on dark red field (detail). 1930. French. Image ID #1556168. In the public domain. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e24a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Rhomboid and square shapes; on black field (detail). 1930. French. Image ID #1556169. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e24b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Brown delta shapes, blue circles; on grey field. 1930. French. Image ID #1556170. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-e24c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Pochoir prints from “Le Livre de la vérité de la Parole.” A limited edition of only 150, this was a set of plates sold in a slip case. There were 106 plates in black and white and color along with other plates, and a text drawn from ancient Egyptian writings by Joseph Charles Mardrus. François-Louis Schmied did the plates. It was printed in Paris in 1929.

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