La Belle Dame Sans Merci Dining Room Japanese Azaleas comes from the

Japanese Azaleas comes from the hand-coloured photographic work of Ogawa Kazumasa

The portrait format allows each specimen to assert its individual character within the broader arrangement

The composition works across a wide register

Klinger's flat colour fields and sharp contour lines are reproduced with precise fidelity

while subtle color accents give the piece a warmth that keeps the eye engaged

La Belle Dame Sans Merci Dining Room Japanese Azaleas comes from theLa Belle Dame Sans Merci exemplifies George Barbier's mastery of Art Deco illustration at its most seductive. A commanding female figure dominates the vertical composition, her posture and costuming rendered with the fluid, decorative linework and rich, flat colour fields that defined the golden age of French fashion illustration. The title's literary allusion adds a layer of cool detachment beauty as power, ornament as armour. Every element, from the