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| Artist: Paul
Crespin Belgian (1859-1944) |
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Item: PM.15
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| Title: Paul Hankar, Architect |
Description: Condition
A.
Original lithograph from the "Das
Moderne Plakat" series, View
entire collection (50)
Printed by Verlag von Gerhard Kuhtmann, Dresden, 1897.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing
labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat.
Certificate of Authenticity.
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| Sheet Size: |
9 in x 12 in |
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23 cm x 30.5 cm |
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Price: $250.00 USD
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Full size sold for $ 11,500 US
Poster Auctions International, N.Y. May 2007
"Crespin prepared this famous poster for his good friend the
Art Nouveau architect Paul Hanker (1859-1901). Hanker is shown plying
his craft in his studio at 63 rue de Facqz. Fully absorbed in the
act of creating, he stands in a relaxed pose, his slippered feet quaintly
crossed, lazy curl of smoke rising from his cigarette. The tools of
Hankar's profession, T-squares, ruler, plumb line, become decorative
framing elements. The elegant honeycomb of hexagons serves as a literal
and figurative support for the architect's beige silhouette. The bees
allude, no doubt, to Hankar's prodigious output. This poster was acclaimed
in 1897 by the French art critic and poster artist Alexandre Demeure
de Beaumont to be 'perfect' and 'among the best, if not the best of
Crespin.' The watercolour preparatory work is preserved at the Musee
d'Ixelles in Brussels"(Brussels,
p.72)
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