Le Cours Laborde - Halouze 1920

📜 Description
Original pochoir print created in 1920 by Edouard Halouze for the text by Jaques Boulenger, published in Paris by Devambez in the volume “De la Walse au Tango”. The composition depicts an elegant ballroom scene set within an Art Deco interior, centered on a dancing couple captured in motion while two seated musicians perform in the background. The vertical and theatrical composition focuses attention on the fluid movement of the dancers, enhanced by evening attire, long pearl necklaces, and the geometric stylization of the architectural setting. The inscription “Edouard Halouze 1919” visible in the lower left corner directly links the image to the refined French illustration style of the early postwar years, characterized by decorative clarity and linear elegance. This vintage print retains documentary and collectible interest as a visual testimony to Parisian dance culture and graphic art of the 1920s.

📚 Historical-Artistic Note
Jaques Boulenger was an author associated with publications dedicated to modern social dances of the early twentieth century, while Edouard Halouze developed an illustrative language closely connected to Art Deco aesthetics and French editorial graphics. The Paris publisher Devambez was renowned for finely illustrated editions and for promoting the pochoir technique, particularly appreciated for its vivid colors and decorative precision in luxury publications of the period.

🧾 Technical Sheet
Type: original pochoir print
Author / Manufacture: Jaques Boulenger
Designer / Engraver: Edouard Halouze
Publisher / Printer: Devambez, Paris
Place: Paris
Period: 1920
Material: paper
Technique: pochoir
Subject / Title: “Le Cours Laborde”
Edition / Print Run: from “De la Walse au Tango”
Dimensions: sheet 22 x 28 cm; image 14 x 21 cm
Marks / Signatures / Inscriptions: signed “Edouard Halouze 1919” in the lower left corner

🔍 Condition Report
Excellent overall condition with well-preserved colors and a clean surface. Paper fully intact with minor signs of age consistent with the period. Blank verso.