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| Artist: Eugene Grasset
Swiss (1841-1917)
| | Plate: PL. 50 | | Title:
Fete de Paris | Description: Condition
A. Original lithograph from "Les Maitre de
L'Affiches" series.
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1897.
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 |
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| Price: Was $375.00 USD Now
$275 |
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"Grasset did much to introduce the concept and practice of Art Nouveau in
France. In fact, Grasset brought Art Nouveau to the poster: it was to become a
worldwide vehicle of the art of advertising. In France, Grasset was the pioneer
of an attempt, like that of William Morris in England, to reconcile art and industry…Interested
as he was in all the applied arts he came naturally to the poster. It was the
'Fêtes de Paris' with a herald on the back of a horse with an exaggerated
mane. The composition and the pure colours make the influence of the Japanese
Ukiyo-E school of engraving, as do the thick outlines, similar to lead of stained
glass…daring for the period. (Weill p.32) |
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