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Item Ships From: Illinois
"Le Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres" etching by Tissot
By James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Located in Hinsdale, IL
TISSOT, JAMES JACQUES JOSEPH
(1836 - 1902)
"Le Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres"
(The Portico of the National Gallery, London)
Wentworth 40
Etching and Drypoint on imitation Japanese paper, C. 1878
Only state published, from the edition of 100
Signed 1878 J.J. Tissot on the step, lower right
14 7/8” x 8 1/4”
Excellent crisp impression
This etching is related to the painting London Visitors exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874, no. 116. The setting is the portico of the National Gallery, looking toward the Church of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Such works give Tissot a minor but distinguished position as a predecessor of the school of architectural etchers...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Christ and the Little Saint John Playing with the Lamb (2nd State)
By Christoffel Jegher
Located in Chicago, IL
Woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp)
337 x 451 mm.; 13 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches
Provenance:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Duplicate stamp on verso...
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17th Century Baroque Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Untitled (G27)
By Hans Hartung
Located in New York, NY
Color aquatint on Arches paper. Signed in lower right corner. Inscribed "EA" in lower left corner. Artists proof aside from the edition of 100. Printed and published by Lacourier...
Category
1960s Abstract Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Illustration for Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist fantasy aquarelle, 1904
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
"Yvette Guilbert" by Toulouse-Lautrec
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Hinsdale, IL
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE
(1864-1901)
"Yvette Guilbert – A Menilmontant de Bruant"
Delteil 255, Adhemar 311
Lithograph printed in black with beige t...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Art Deco Antique Poster "Eugene - Ondulation Permanente"
Located in Hinsdale, IL
FOSSEY (DATES UNKNOWN)
EUGENE / ONDULATION PERMANENTE. 1926.
Shee Size: 35 1/4x22 1/2 inches, 89 1/2 x 57 cm. C. Courtois, Paris.
This is a gorgeous example of art deco artwork...
Category
1920s Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Levitation magic poster, The Fakir Shah Rabey and The Aerial Woman, c. 1915
Located in Chicago, IL
A magician billed as The Fakir Shah Rabey is pictured with his "astral" subject, The Aerial Woman, who levitates above in a hoop.
Original lithographic magic poster...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bonbonnière
Eremitage by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret poster, 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnakenberg’s 1920 poster promoting the decadent (and likely debaucherous) Munich cabaret Bonbonnière & Eremitage.
The costume and poster designs of Walter Schnakenberg defined ballet and cabaret during Germany’s Weimar...
Category
1920s Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hélyett Marjolaine by Georges de Feure, Art Nouveau theater lithograph, 1896
By Georges De Feure
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of George de Feure’s 1896 theatrical Art Nouveau poster promoting Mistinguett’s role as Hélyett in Marjolaine.
Hélyett is shown in a delicate pastel palette, enveloped b...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Standing nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a figure drawing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is pr...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Musée Grévin, Pantomimes Lumineuses by Jules Cheret, Commedia lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Jules Chéret’s poster advertising the Théâtre Optique (Optical Theatre) immortalized a momentous convergence of technology, culture, history, and art with the 1892 debut of Emile Reynaud’s praxinoscope at the Musée Grévin in Paris. Reynaud presented his Pantomimes Lumineuses, the world’s first animated films, using his innovative system which projected light through moving pictures to offer illuminated pantomimes. Among the three short films Reynaud screened through his praxinoscope was Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pierrot), a story of Pierrot courting Columbine based on the timeless archetypal love triangle featured in many Commedia dell’arte pantomimes.
As a member of the Cercle Funambulesque (roughly “Friends of the Tightrope-walkers”), a French society which championed the contemporary creation of Commedia dell-arte-inspired pantomimes, Jules Chéret was often inspired by Pierrot and produced a large number of works depicting him, often with his beloved Columbine. Cheret’s involvement with the Cercle, combined with the immense popularity of these archetypes in the late 19th century, meant that they appeared frequently in his works.
This work comes from the extremely scarce edition of 25 strikes on Imperial Japon paper, a mulberry bark-based stock inspired by the smooth-surfaced papers used in Japanese printmaking. This world-class example of lithography captures superior resolution and color-richness to that of its large-format counterpart. The use of marbled Imperial Japon paper allows inks to rest upon its surface rather than being absorbed by a more porous paper stock. An extremely scarce fraction of the edition of 25 are estimated to have survived to date.
Stone lithograph of Jules Chéret’s Musée Grévin...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Death of the Gravedigger by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist lithograph, c. 1900
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Symbolist painter Carlos Schwabe’s oil painting La mort du fossoyeur (The Death of the Gravedigger), 1895, published c. 1900 in Art et déc...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Cercle des Beaux-Arts de Liege Annual Exhibition by Auguste Donnay
By Auguste Donnay
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Auguste Donnay’s Cercle des Beaux-Arts de Liege Exposition Annuelle, published by Imprimerie Chaix, the printing house known for publishing the ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flirt Biscuits by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Hinsdale, IL
ALPHONSE MUCHA
(1860 – 1939)
Flirt Biscuits
Rennert/Weill 72
Lithograph in colors c. 1900
Signed in stone, lower right margin
Image: 24” x 11”, Paper: 25 ¼” x 11 ¾”
F...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Deutsches Theater by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret lithograph, c. 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s most famous image, an extraordinary Toulouse-Lautrec homage promoting theatrical cabaret performance at the Deutsche Theater in Munich. The costume and poster designs of Walter Schnakenberg defined ballet and cabaret during Germany’s Weimar...
Category
1920s Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Düsseldorfer Bühnenball by R. Hoch, German Art Deco marionette lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
A marionette and a woman with a fantastic, geometric headdress promote a ball in Düsseldorf; the shadows create a dramatic effect.
“The modern poster as we know it- large, colorful ...
Category
1910s Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled from Wallflowers Series
By Donald Sultan
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Donald K. Sultan
(b. 1951)
Untitled, from Wallflowers
Screenprint in colors on wove paper, 2008
24-1/4 x 21-5/8 inches (61.6 x 54.9 cm) (sheet)
Ed. 53/190
Initialed, numbered, date...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Vintage Deco Fashion Advertisement, Ink on Paper, 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
In tandem with a growing number of newspapers and periodicals, print advertising proliferated during China’s Republic Era. A bathing beauty is the star attraction of this print ad fr...
Category
1920s Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
Albert Morrow
s Illustrated Bits, 1897 Art Nouveau lithograph on Japon paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph of Albert Morrow’s Illustrated Bits, printed by Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret), Paris in 1897. This world-class example of lithography captures superior resoluti...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Passion is the Very Fact of God in Man
By Mary Corita (Sister Corita) Kent
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Sister Mary Corita Kent
Passion is the Very Fact of God in Man
screenprint on Pellon rice paper
30 x40"
edition of 50
1963
signed
*Slight condition issues due to aging.
Category
1960s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce color lithograph on Rives BFK. Signed and numbered 13/50 in pencil by Francis. Published by Editions Daniel Papierski, Paris. From "Papierski Po...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
LE JARDIN DE POMONE
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Signed and numbered 38/50 in pencil by Chagall.
Catalogue reference: Mourlot 541
Category
1960s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Lovers by Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) (INV# NP3218)
By Corita Kent
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Corita Kent
Lovers
Serigraph Print
Image: 4.88 x 9"
Frame:11.75 x 15.75 x .75"
1983
Signed in pencil and numbered to lower edge ‘ed 200 Corita’
Category
1980s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
UNTITLED (INV# NP2233) by Ken Price
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
UNTITLED (INV# NP2233)
Ken Price
silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
14.875 x 12.375”
1981
edition of 150
stamped by Ken Price, SOMA Fine Art Press and Arabesque Books
Ken Price (1935 - ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Frankie and Johnnie
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on wove paper, 1936. Edition of 100. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York.
Framed dimensions, 28.5 x 33.75 i...
Category
1930s Other Art Style Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$12,500
Expo 67 Mural--Firepole 33
x 17
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Italia handmade paper. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 35/41 in pencil by Rosenquist. Printed and published by ULAE, West Islip,...
Category
1960s Pop Art Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Vintage Chinese Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster, an advertisement calendar for Excel Cigarettes from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. This advertisement depicts a fashionable woman in traditional Chinese dress...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Pan" from Les Maitres de l
Affiche by Joseph Sattler
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SATTLER, JOSEPH
(1867 - 1931)
"Pan"
Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #17, 1897...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Chinese Hatamen Cigarette Calendar Poster, c. 1931
Located in Chicago, IL
The famous commercial advertising artist Hu Boxiang created this advertisement calendar poster for the British American Tobacco Company in 1931. Unlike other poster artists, Hu was k...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
UNTITLED (INV# NP2230) by Ken Price
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
UNTITLED (INV# NP2230)
Ken Price
silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
14.875 x 12.375”
1981
edition of 150
stamped by Ken Price, SOMA Fine Art Press and Arabesque Books
Ken Price (1935 - ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Night St. Maxime
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on Rives BFK. Signed in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 68/100 in pencil, lower left margin.
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Screen
Vintage Chinese Deco Calendar Poster for White Horse Cigarettes, c. 1936
Located in Chicago, IL
This calendar advertisement poster for White Horse cigarettes was produced by Hu Boxiang, a famous commercial advertising artist in Shanghai during th...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
Reaching/Uniting/Becoming Free by Judy Chicago
By Judy Chicago
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Judy Chicago
Reaching/Uniting/Becoming Free
1979
Silkscreen
artist proof from the edition of 100
signed
dated
Very rare!
Born Judy Cohen in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939, Chicago att...
Category
1970s Abstract Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Gad (Twelve Tribes of Israel), 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gad is an etching on paper from Salvador Dalí's "Twelve Tribes of Israel." The image size is 14.5 x 19.62 inches and the framed dimensions are 27.75 x 34.25 inches. From the English ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching
Le Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres by J.J. Tissot
By James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Located in Hinsdale, IL
J.J. Tissot
Le Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres
(The Portico of the National Gallery, London)
Wentworth 40
Etching and Drypoint on imitation Japanese paper, C. 1878
Only st...
Category
1890s Realist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (INV# NP5777) by Ken Price
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ken Price (1935-2012)
screenprints in colors on Arches France paper
14 x 11”
signed and dated in pencil
stamped by Ken Price and Black Sparrow Graphic Arts
edition of 170, # 45/170
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The Hermitage
By Anthonie Waterloo
Located in Chicago, IL
2nd State of three States
Category
17th Century Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
"Femme Nue" by Steinlen
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Hinsdale, IL
STEINLEN, THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE
(1859 -1923)
"FemmeNue"
(A Nude Woman)
Original etching, c. 1900
Signed and numbered in Pencil
Provenance: From the atelier of the artist
Image Size: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
French Figurine Cup
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Silkscreen
Ken Price (1935 - 2012) received a BFA from the University of Southern California after studying at Chouinard Art Institute, and Otis Art Institute with Peter Voulkos. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
A 1950s Mid-Century Modern Pastel Monoprint "Edgartown Harbor" by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic, unique Mid-Century Modern monoprint of a sailing regatta in Martha's Vineyard, "Edgartown Harbor", by notable Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Lithograph on paper wi...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Pastel, Lithograph, Paper
Lenti Radio-Attive, Art Nouveau Ricordi Portfolio advertisement lithograph, 1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph for Luigi Emilio Caldanzano’s Art Nouveau advertisement for Lenti Radio-Attive, which marketed “radioactive” eyeglass lenses claim...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Oreste e Pilade, 2e version
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in New York, NY
The Roman numeral edition of 25, aside from the Arabic numeral edition of 99. Signed, titled and numbered VI/XXV in pencil, lower margin. With the artist's blind stamp lower left. Pu...
Category
1970s Surrealist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Color
A 1950s Lithograph of Martha
s Vineyard, "Edgartown Harbor" by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1950s sailing scene of Martha's Vineyard, "Edgartown Harbor" by notable Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 14 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches; archivally matted to 2...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
The Great Landscapes III
By Anthonie Waterloo
Located in Chicago, IL
3rd State
Watermark: Gekrontes Wappen. Similar to: Paschal Lamb on Shield, Ash & Fletcher no 29 B’a, dating this sheet to about 1651.
Category
Mid-17th Century Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Object (with Flaw)
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph in two parts, on two separate sheets of Arches 88 paper, these two sheets comprise two of the four parts of the original "Object (with Flaw)" publication, 1988. One...
Category
1980s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Color
A Charming Lithograph of a Carnival by Children
s Book Illustrator, Jo Poulson
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming 1930s, WPA era lithograph of young children on a carousel, created by noted children's book illustrator, Jo Poulson. Artwork size: 10 x 14 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 20 inches. Signed and titled in pencil, inscribed "12 Proofs".
In 1904, Josephine Hollingsworth Poulson was born in Lebanon Indiana. In 1926, she graduated from the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and in 1929, she moved to Chicago to become an illustrator of children’s books. She continued her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, studying with Francis Chapin. In 1942, she had a one-woman show of her watercolors at the Hoosier Art...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Le Piège à Loups
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph, 1960. From the unsigned book edition of 250 (aside from the signed and numbered edition of 60). Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Teriade, Paris. From "Da...
Category
1960s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Color
Gladitori
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph, 1963. Signed by artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 5/95 in pencil, lower left. Titled in pencil, lower center. Prinbted by Alberto Caprini Rome, with the b...
Category
1960s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Teseo
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint, 1970. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 2/50 in pencil, lower left. Titled in pencil, lower central. With the artist's blind stamp, l...
Category
1970s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Anthropometrie ANT 148
By Yves Klein
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on heavy white wove archival paper. Edition of 200. Printed by l'Atelier Eric Linard, Paris. Published by Editions T.A.T Arts, Paris, with the printed justificat...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen, Color
Figures in a Landscape
By Gabriel Perelle
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine impression
Category
17th Century Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
The Great Landscapes VI (2nd State)
By Anthonie Waterloo
Located in Chicago, IL
Watermark:
Wappen von Amsterdam mit Nebenmarke
Category
17th Century Old Masters Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color linoleum cut. Signed and numbered 29/50 in pencil by Picasso. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Catalogue r...
Category
1960s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Linocut
Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Death and Life, painted in 1908. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und St...
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Rome (Homage to Franz Kline) 67
By Aaron Siskind
Located in New York, NY
Silverprint photograph, 1973 (printed later). Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Titled and numbered 2/90 in pencil in lower left.
Published in 1987 by Palm Press.
Full...
Category
1970s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (INV# NP5780) by Ken Price
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ken Price (1935-2012)
screenprints in colors on Arches France paper
14 x 11”
signed and dated in pencil
stamped by Ken Price and Black Sparrow Graphic Arts
edition of 170, # 45/170
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
A Modern 1950s Color Lithograph of Martha
s Vineyard, "Edgartown Yacht Club"
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant 1958 color lithograph of a bustling sailing harbor in Martha's Vineyard, "Edgartown Yacht Club" by notable Chicago Modern artist , Francis Chapin. Image size: 1...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
The Proper Place
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Takesada Matsutani: Biography and Printmaking Work
Takesada Matsutani (b. 1937, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese contemporary artist best known for his involvement with the postwar avant...
Category
1970s Abstract Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
La Barque sur la Greve (Boat on a Beach)
By George Braque
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph, 1960. Signed by the artist in pencil lower right margin. Numbered 163/300 in pencil lower left margin. Published by Maeght, Paris.
Catalogue raisonné reference...
Category
1960s Impressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Color
"LA CHAINE SIMPSON" by Toulouse-Lautrec from Les Maitres de l
Affiche
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Hinsdale, IL
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE
(1864-1901)
"LA CHAINE SIMPSON"
Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #60, 1900. Plate #238
Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4”
The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. "In her recent excellent biography of Lautrec, Julia Frey indicates that 'Henry, the frustrated athlete, was compulsively familiar with the vocabulary and technical aspects of a variety of sports in which he could participate as a spectator: horse and bicycle racing, wrestling, yachting, bullfighting. He watched them all with the same intensity that he watched a line of dancers or a circus bareback rider, attracted by the beauty of movement, but also by the smells, sounds and excitement of the spectacle (Frey, p.353) His 'insider' knowledge of the cycling field shows up abundantly in this poster for the French agent of the Simpson bicycle chain company. In the foreground is the champion cyclist Constant Huret. In the background are Tristan Bernard, the sports impresario who was a close friend of Lautrec, with Louis Bougle, the French agent who adopted the name 'Spoke.' A touch of levity is added by what appears to be a 'bicycle-built-for-ten' in the upper-left corner, in fact it's two five-seaters, known at the time as 'quints.'"(Rennert, PAI-XXII, 35)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic background, having been born the son of an earl.Even as a schoolboy he showed a talent for drawing. By 14 he had suffered two horse back riding accidents, combined with a serious bone disease which eventually left him crippled for life. His body continued to grow but not his legs, he would remain only five feet tall and suffer pain and embarrassment his entire life.At the age of 18, Lautrec moved to Montmartre in Paris to study art seriously. He worked with artists Louis Anquentin, Emile Bernard, Degas, Van Gogh and others. He became a frequenter of the the cafes, cabarets and brothels of the neighborhood, drawing from them inspirations for his artistic themes. As the artist's stature grew, several magazines wanted to publish his work, including Le Rire. His subjects, as well as street life, included some of the most famous music-hall performers, with whom he became friends, such as Yvette Guilbert, La Goulue Jane Avril, May Milton, May Belfort...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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