La Promenade - Domergue 1920

📜 Description
Original pochoir print engraved by Jean-Gabriel Domergue and published in Paris by Devambez in 1920 for the illustrated volume “De la Valse au Tango”. The composition depicts an elegant dancing couple captured in a stylized tango pose, with the male figure dressed in a black evening suit guiding the movement while the female figure, wrapped around him in a dynamic embrace, extends her arm outward in a theatrical gesture. The scene is isolated against a neutral background, emphasizing the sinuosity of the bodies and the fluid rhythm of the dance through elongated lines and soft chromatic passages typical of Art Deco illustration. The inscription “La Promenade” identifies one of the characteristic tango figures fashionable in Parisian society during the early twentieth century, reflecting the cultural fascination for modern dance and cosmopolitan entertainment of the post-Belle Époque period. This vintage print retains documentary and collectible interest for the refined pochoir technique, the elegant graphic synthesis, and its association with French illustrated publishing between fashion illustration and theatrical imagery.

📚 Historical-Artistic Note
Jean-Gabriel Domergue was among the principal French illustrators associated with elegant feminine imagery and Parisian high society during the first half of the twentieth century. The portfolio “De la Valse au Tango” documents the evolution of modern social dances through stylized compositions balancing fashion illustration and theatrical movement. Published by Devambez in Paris, a renowned editor specialized in luxury illustrated books and graphic editions, the work reflects the refined visual culture of the Art Deco period and the growing popularity of tango in Europe after the First World War. Jacques Boulenger contributed to the literary and cultural conception of the publication.

🧾 Technical Sheet
Type: original pochoir print
Author / Manufacture: Jacques Boulenger
Designer / Engraver: Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Publisher / Printer: Devambez, Paris
Place: Paris
Period: 1920
Material: paper
Technique: pochoir
Subject / Title: “La Promenade”
Edition / Print Run: from “De la Valse au Tango”
Dimensions: sheet 22 x 28 cm; image 14 x 21 cm
Marks / Signatures / Inscriptions: signed in plate lower left “Jean Gabriel Domergue 1920”; title “La Promenade”

🔍 Condition Report
Print in excellent overall condition, with well-preserved surface and fresh colors consistent with the pochoir technique. Minor signs of age compatible with the period. Blank verso.