Curatorial Narrative In the context of early 20th-century modernism, EN ROUTE ! Trs chic. is situated at the confluence of Art Deco’s ornate yet geometric sensibility and the nascent Modernist movement’s emphasis on purity of form. Created in 1923, this work exemplifies the linear brushwork characteristic of the era’s avant-garde artists, who sought to disrupt traditional representational painting through a focus on graphic precision. The artist’s deliberate use of black as both background and outline serves to accentuate the figure’s presence within the composition, imbuing it with an air of dynamism and forward momentum. As the painting is enlarged to 44×69, its chromatic structure begins to assert itself in a manner that would be at home in a luxury interior environment. The interplay between black, blue, yellow, red, and white assumes a spatial rhythm that echoes the geometric patterns often found in high-end textiles and fur