I've admired the work of artist and interior designer Antony Little for a long time, from the beautiful window design and fin de siècle style backdrop that he created for Michael Rainey's 'Hung On You' boutique in Cale St to the first iconic black & gold Biba logo which he designed for the Kensington Church Street shop in 1966 and beyond. So you can probably imagine how pleased I was when I recently received an email from the man himself, following his discovery of an article which I had posted about him here on the Sweet Jane blog earlier this year! I had always wanted to see more of his work and to my delight along with the email he had also forwarded some scans of his illustrations for Guillaume Apollinaire's 'The Wandering Jew and Other Stories' originally published by Rupert Hart Davis in 1967. They are quite beautiful and superb examples of the resurged interest in the Art Nouveau movement which was so prevalent throughout the applied arts in London at this point in time as a result of a major retrospective exhibition featuring the work of Aubrey Beardsley at the Victoria & Albert Museum the previous year. Antony has very kindly given me permission to share the images and you can also view an *updated version of my original post about the work of Antony Little here.
THE WANDERER
THE DANCER
THE POET'S NAPKIN
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QUO VLO - VE
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BACK COVER DESIGN
IMAGE CREDITS
All images illustrated by Antony Little, Originally published in The Wandering Jew and Other Stories by Guillaume Appolinaire, 1967. All images courtesy of Antony Little.
QUO VLO - VE
BACK COVER DESIGN
IMAGE CREDITS
All images illustrated by Antony Little, Originally published in The Wandering Jew and Other Stories by Guillaume Appolinaire, 1967. All images courtesy of Antony Little.