De la Fumée (1922).
Artophile has a page of prints by Thayaht, a palindromic pseudonym concealing the identity of Italian artist Ernesto Michahelles whose fashion illustration differs from many of his contemporaries in its Futurist influence. I really like the stylisation of some of these, the way they’re caught midway between representation and abstraction. As well as illustrating, painting and sculpting, Thayaht worked as a designer and in 1919 created a one-piece “futurist garment” which he called the TuTa; you can see him wearing it here.
• THAYAHT – RAM
• A gallery of Thayaht art
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The illustrators archive
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Mentor
• The art of Cassandre, 1901–1968
• Smoke
• The Decorative Age
• The World in 2030