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Artist: Beggarstaff
Sir William Nicholson - English (1872-1949) & James Pryde - Scottish (1866-1941)
| | Plate: PL. 107 | | Title:
Hamlet | Description: Condition
A-. Original lithograph from "Les Maitre
de L'Affiches" series.
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1898.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing labels.
Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex.
Certificate of Authenticity.
See our Terms of Sale |
| Maitre Sheet Size: | 11 3/8 in x
15 3/4 in | | | 29 cm x 40 cm |
| | Price: $1475.00 USD Rare
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"Pryde and Nicholson made an arresting design (now no longer extant) in which
the pictorial motif was a profile view of Hamlet holding Yorick's skull…The
figure of the Prince of Denmark, a silhouette cut out of black paper, is composed
of a flat, ungradated black that contrasts with the pale tone of the lining of
the robe and the bone white of the skull. The severity of the silhouette is heightened
by the angularity of the outline, that of the feet and hair in particular showing
the characteristic effects of scissors. Although the forms are simplified to a
degree, some small-scale details (such as Hamlet's ring) are important components
of the composition (their first poster)…(the actor) Edward Gordon Craig was
to recall seeing the printing of the poster taking place… 'Nicholson printed
the thing by hand, quite amazingly. He had a long table and on this he laid a
great roll of brown paper, and unrolled it as he stencilled the life-size figure
of Hamlet over and over again. It was quite an achievement, but just in Nicholson's
line. Pryde was usually upstairs in bed. Mrs Nicholson was preparing a three cornered
steak.' These were the circumstances in which the first product of the new partnership
was created"
(Beggarstaff p.18, 19)
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