French School Art Deco Chalk Drawing B'LA'MANGE Circa.1930 Old Master Print Purple & Black-Cloths

Purple & Black-Cloths

with a further group held by the Städelsche Kunstinstitut's Graphische Sammlung

8 by 7 cms

3 by 34cms

French School Art Deco Chalk Drawing B'LA'MANGE Circa.1930 Old Master Print Purple & Black-ClothsIntriguing and amusing modernist chalk drawing depicting a female figure seated atop a jelly mold. Entitled B'LA'MANGE. Probably French school Circa. 1930. Unidentified monogram lower right CJP. Further inscribed Cast Aggreg' 30 by 54 cms. Blancmange is a popular gelatine and milk moulded sweet dessert, the name derives from the French 'Blanc manger' literally 'White eat'. The inscription 'Cast Aggreg' possibly relates to the moulding of the design.