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| Artist: Arthur W. Dow
American (died 1922) | | Plate: PL. 36 |
| Title: Modern Art | Description:
Condition A. Original lithograph from
"Les Maitre de L'Affiches" series.
Printed
by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1896.
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.
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| Maitre Sheet Size: | 11 3/8 in x
15 3/4 in | | | 29 cm x 40 cm |
| Price: $1050.00 Rare
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One of the very most popular in the Maitre series, an increasingly rare masterpiece
in American design.
"One of the most important painters and teachers
at the turn of the century. Trained in France, he was a painter of conventional
landscapes in a Barbizon style up until 1891. That year, a book of Hokusai's prints
led him to Ernest Fenollosa, curator of Japanese art at Boston's Museum of Fine
Arts, from whom he gained a thorough understanding of Japanese composition. His
ability to combine the two traditions brought him critical acclaim…Dow designed…the
most original and beautifully printed poster of the decade, a triumph of lithographic
printing by Boston's Louis Prang and company (for the magazine 'Modern Art').
(Lauder p.186)
An influential
artist and teacher, Dow's own work was heavily influenced by the "floating world"
(ukiyo-e), of the Japanese woodblock masters and other Asian art influences, as
well as the Arts and Crafts movement of William Morris in England. A teacher at
many of America's most prominent art institutions (Pratt Institute, Columbia University
Teachers College, the Arts Student's League, and his own Ipswich Summer School
of Art), Dow's influence spread far and wide, including Georgia O'Keeffe, who
was his most famous inspiration. Perhaps his most lasting gift to the art world
was his 1899 manual, Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the
Use of Students and Teachers, which became a standard art text at schools across
the nation. Dow's most famous poster, produced in the Maitres de l'Affiche, was
for the magazine entitled Modern Art . (Swann
Sale 2016, Lot 40)
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