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About the Item
This exquisite lithograph by Richard Florsheim (1916–1979), titled La Seine a Paris (The Seine in Paris), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, exhibition sponsored by the French Embassy, circulated by the Traveling Exhibition Service of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution 1964–1965, originates from the 1964 edition published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, October 27, 1964. This composition captures Florsheim’s distinctive synthesis of structure and light, depicting the poetic stillness of the Seine as both an urban and emotional landscape. His precise architectural lines and radiant tonal contrasts transform the modern city into a meditation on atmosphere, rhythm, and reflection.
Executed as a lithograph on velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 10 x 7.5 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Mourlot Freres and underscores Florsheim’s mastery of composition and tone within postwar modernism.
Artwork Details:
Artist: Richard Florsheim (1916–1979)
Title: La Seine a Paris (The Seine in Paris), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press
Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper
Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 inches (25.4 x 19.05 cm)
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1964
Publisher: Fernand Mourlot, Paris, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1964
Notes:
Excerpted from the album, This exhibition is a manifestation of Franco-American friendship and we would be very happy if it is of interest to all those who visit it. I wish to thank Mrs. Annemarie Pope for proposing and organizing this exhibition of the work of the artists who have used our press. We are honored that Mr. Herve Alphand, Ambassador of France to the United States, and Mr. Edouard Morot-Sir, Cultural Counsellor at the French Embassy in New York, will sponsor this exhibition. I express to them my thanks and appreciation. As for the artists themselves, who executed the originals contained in this catalogue, I can only say simply, "Thank you." They are all friends. We would have liked to include not just the twenty-four illustrations in this small book, but many more. During the year 1963, we lost three great artists who were faithful friends of our press. Thanks to Mrs. Georges Braque, Mr. Louis Carre, and Mr. Edouard Dermit, who have been able to pay our respects to Georges Braque, Jacques Villon and Jean Cocteau. The great Henri Matisse is also with us, since Mrs. Du-thuit-Matisse and her brothers have allowed us to use an unpublished original lithograph. Thanks to them all for their generosity. —Fernand Mourlot. The lithography at Mourlot printing press by Jean Adhemar, Curator of prints at the Bibliotheque nationale. Acknowledgments, Fernand Mourlot has long been the acknowledged master printer of France in every field, from lithographs to fine books to posters. The unfailing quality of his work commands the respect of museums, collectors, and most important of all, the artists themselves. Every product of his workshop bears the mark of Mourlot's discipline and craft and can truly be called an ideal collaboration between artist and artisan. The result of years of thoughtful planning, this special exhibition presents an accurate portrait of the Mourlot Press. We are greatly indebted to Fernand Mourlot, who made the selection, supervised the production of the catalogue, and gave endless time and energy to the details of preparation. This album was finished in Paris on 27th October 1964. The original lithographs and the reproductions were printed on the presses of Mourlot. The Imprimerie Nationale, Director Andre Brignole, was responsible for the typography. The edition has been limited to MM examples on Velin d'Arches and CC on Velin de Rives, reserved for the artists, the staff and the friends of the Imprimerie Mourlot.
About the Publication:
Prints from the Mourlot Press, published in Paris by Fernand Mourlot in 1964 in collaboration with the Embassy of France and the Smithsonian Institution, celebrated the profound artistic partnerships that defined 20th-century printmaking. The portfolio accompanied a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian’s National Collection of Fine Arts and presented at major institutions across the United States between 1964 and 1965. Containing twenty-four original lithographs by leading modern artists—including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, Richard Florsheim, and Jean Cocteau—the publication chronicled the collaborative artistry of Mourlot Freres, whose Paris workshop elevated lithography to a fine art. Each plate demonstrated the mastery of color, composition, and craftsmanship that defined postwar printmaking, while the edition itself stood as a symbol of Franco-American cultural exchange.
About the Artist:
Richard Florsheim (1916–1979) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose luminous cityscapes, introspective seascapes, and emotionally charged abstractions positioned him among the most distinctive voices of twentieth-century American modernism. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Florsheim studied at the University of Chicago and later in Europe, where he absorbed the groundbreaking innovations of Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—artists whose influence profoundly shaped his visual language. Synthesizing these European modernist ideas with an American sensibility grounded in structure and emotional depth, Florsheim developed a style that balanced order and lyricism, intellect and intuition. His paintings and lithographs depict glowing urban skylines, harbors, and bridges bathed in radiant light or shrouded in atmospheric haze, transforming industrial scenes into meditations on solitude, beauty, and human resilience. Equally celebrated for his lithographic mastery, he elevated printmaking to new expressive heights through his command of tone, light, and composition, aligning him with great modern printmakers such as Picasso, Miro, and Kandinsky. Throughout his career, Florsheim exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, earning recognition from major institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Critics praised his ability to fuse architectural precision with poetic emotion, describing his work as “lyrical architecture” that reflected the balance between progress and introspection in postwar America. His art continues to influence contemporary artists who explore light, urban space, and psychological atmosphere, echoing the creative lineage of Picasso, Calder, Giacometti, Dali, Miro, Kandinsky, Duchamp, and Man Ray. The highest auction record for Richard Florsheim was achieved with Harbor Composition, which sold for 31,250 USD at Bonhams, Los Angeles, on May 24, 2023, reaffirming his enduring legacy as one of America’s most poetic interpreters of modern life and light.
Richard Florsheim La Seine a Paris The Seine in Paris Prints from the Mourlot Press Fernand Mourlot Paris 1964 lithograph Modernism.
- Creator:Richard Florsheim (1905-1979, American)
- Creation Year:1964
- Dimensions:Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Southampton, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1465216976482
Richard Florsheim
Richard Florsheim was born in Chicago to the wealthy Florsheim Shoe family. He studied at the University of Chicago and continued his studies in France, Italy. During WWII, Florsheim served in the U.S. Navy, where he worked a a cartographer. He exhibited at Milwaukee Art Institute and Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, WI. His works can be found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Florsheim’s artwork often depicts natural or electric light. In 1979, Florsheim died in Chicago at the age of 63.
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