Sortilèges Material:225g Fine Art Paper and considerable inner tension just

and considerable inner tension just beneath

Characteristic spires

The composition is close and insistent

It is a portrait about potential — youth as an open question rather than a fixed answer — rendered through Sauvage's signature blend of archival restoration and contemporary graphic intervention

Sortilèges Material:225g Fine Art Paper and considerable inner tension justSortilges meaning "spells" or "enchantments" is a quintessential example of George Barbier's Art Deco illustration at its most theatrical. A French master of early 20th century decorative arts, Barbier composed scenes of elegance and mystery: figures in elaborate costume, set against richly patterned grounds that blur the line between fashion plate and fine art. The colour palette here is characteristically jewel toned, the linework refined and