Dada-styled wallpaper designed by Jean Lurçat (1892–1966). In addition to stylized birds, foliage, clouds, and plaid squares, motifs include music signatures and fragments of sheet music with the text “Celui qui aime ecrit sur le murs” [One who loves writes on the walls] and “Reviens!” [Come back!]. Printed in tan, black, red, and dull green against a beige background.
Celui qui aime ecrit sur les murs One who loves writes on the walls
- Description
- Motifs, which appear to be scattered at random, include stylized birds, foliage, music signatures, fragments of sheet music, clouds, plaid squares. Printed in tan, black, red, and dull green against a beige background. Dada-styled wallpaper.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Jean Lurçat, (French, 1892–1966)
- Manufacturer
- Pierre Chareau, French, 1883–1950
- Date
- ca. 1924
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan
- Medium
- Block printed on machine-made paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 45.5 x 47.8 cm (17 15/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Wallcoverings
- Object Name
- Sidewall
- Type
- Sidewall
