pochoirn.
/ˈpɒʃwɑː/, U.S. /poʊˈʃwɑr/ 1. A process used in book illustration, esp. for limited editions, in which a monochrome print is coloured by hand, using a series of stencils. Frequently attributive.
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1929 Times 29 Oct. p. xvi/6 One of the most interesting [processes] is Pochoir, a modern development of the stencil.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June (Salon International du Livre d'Art Suppl.) p. i/4 Emile Hazan is another publisher who has taken full advantage of the pochoir technique.
1932 J. Joyce Let. 10 Nov. (1966) III. 266 This pochoir reproduction can be done only in Paris and even here only by two or three firms.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Jan. 103/4 French books illustrated in pochoir..would be included.
2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 3 Apr. c3 International art consultant Joanne Bergen is one of the enthusiastic collectors displaying her pochoir art.
2. A print made by this process.
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1958 Listener 12 June 984/3 Lithographs and ‘pochoirs’ by Dufy.
1973 Art Internat. Mar. 22/2 He owned a pochoir by Gleizes and lithographs by Léger.
2002 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Nov. 23 Most of Picasso's etchings and lithographs of the time were in plain black or brown ink, but the 1920 composition included here is, unusually, a pochoir.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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