petites prints

“Paule was always fascinated with flowers and birds; in fact, she would stop her car anywhere to watch and draw them,” explains Sebastien Storck, owner of Paule Marrot Editions, of this legendary doyenne of prints. Beloved by the likes of Jackie O and the crown prince of Greece, rumor has it that at sixteen, Marrot even painted Renoir’s garden (the Impressionist painter was a neighbor during Marrot’s childhood) and presented it to him proudly. Paule Marrot Editions has acquired all of her original woodblocks and drawings which, faithfully reproduced by Natural Curiosities, have made this “Petites” collection, out this month, possible. I love the color and spirit of these charming floral patterns, which are most striking when grouped en masse.