Plate II from "Fiat modes pereat ars" (Let There Be Fasion, Down with Art)
『生まれよファッション 滅びよ芸術』II
- Birth Year
- 1891
- Death Year
- 1976
- Date
- 1919
- Technique, Material, Format
- lithograph
- Dimension
- sheet: 45.5 x 33.0 cm
- Category
- Print by Foreign Artist
- Inventory Number
- 83-PRF-002-02
This is regarded as Leaf II in the portfolio. It shows a woman’s dress, a pants-wearing mannequin with two holes in its face, and a faceless mannequin standing upright, behind which what seems like a prosthetic leg is sticking out to the right. At the bottom right of the picture, a pair of dividers stands to measure the shadow of a triangle. The mathematical formula on the upper right is said to be the key to deciphering the image.
(NAKAMURA Naoaki)