Fashion Academy
New York: Fashion Academy, 1930. 19.5x13cm: [47pp.]. Pictorial paper-covered boards with decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout in pochoir, including one tipped-in color plate. Rather large chip to tail of spine with webbing showing, and lower third of front board starting to separate. Wear along edges and joints. Boards rubbed. Dampstain with some soiling to lower portion of gutter of most leaves. Good.
This publication served as an advertisement, program catalog, and design guide for Emil Alvin Hartman's Fashion Academy, which it describes as “the foremost school of its kind… in the heart of the famous Fifth Avenue section of New York, its studios are a perfect expression of the modern mode.” Intended to attract prospective students, the book highlights the academy’s specialized instruction, exclusive student membership, and wide range of courses, including fashion design and illustration, practical model making, and costume design for screen and stage. It also highlights opportunities available beyond the classroom, such as research at the Museum of Art, a placement service, and a study abroad program in Paris.
Price: $75.00
Item #10661