Items Similar to "The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11
Gaston Hoffmann"The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
About the Item
"The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
Satirical French Lithograph titled "Le Péché Mortel Flagrant" meaning "The Blatant Mortal Sin" by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977). A man is seen in bed with a frantic expression on his face as he looks at a man standing in a trench coat at the doorway. The man is wearing a yellow tank top, with his right hand to the side of him. A woman sleeps in the bed next to him. Shoes, a purse, and clothing can be seen laying around the floor beside the bed.
Titled "Le Péché Mortel Flagrant" lower left.
Signed "Gaston Hoffman" lower right.
Presented with a forest green mat in a giltwood frame.
Frame: 16.5"H x 19"W.
Mat: 15.5"H x 17.5"W.
Image: 11.5"H x 14"W.
Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977) worked as a painter, decorator, cartoonist, and illustrator in France and Quebec throughout the first half of the 20th century. He examined contemporary events and subjects in his work as well as explored the limits of his imagination. Hoffmann is known for his theatrical paintings as well as his satirical prints. Hoffmann was born in Paris and was educated there at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian. After the war he worked between 1918 and 1921 together with his friend Charles Schneider, for whose glass factory he decorated vases with delicate plant, flower and animal motifs inspired by the Art Nouveau style. At the time, he also worked for the Sèvres porcelain factory, designed posters and painted two large murals in Quebec, teaching at the academy there between 1924 and 1926. He painted narrative genre scenes, often with a humorous undertone, but also representations of wonderful underwater worlds populated by nereids and strange creatures. He translated themes from literature, poetry and the Bible into performances full of emotion and deals with themes that, surprisingly, are still topical. He wrote educational books for elementary school art, created cartoons, murals, painted altarpieces, illustrated books, and caricatures, for example, of the pompous French judiciary.
- Creator:Gaston Hoffmann (1883 - 1960, French)
- Dimensions:Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
4.9
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 1986
1stDibs seller since 2014
2,517 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: <1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Soquel, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- "Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on PaperBy Jim SmythLocated in Soquel, CA"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper Abstract figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). The nude figure is seen with one hand above her head, holding a clot...Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Etching, Lithograph
- Male Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on PaperBy Jim SmythLocated in Soquel, CAMale Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on Paper Original lithograph on paper depicting a male nude in pose. The male figure is depicted sitting, his arm across his leg as he ga...Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Lithograph
- "Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on PaperBy Susumu ENDOLocated in Soquel, CA"Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on Paper Offset lithograph titled "Space and Space" by Susumu Endo (Japanese, B- 1933). Two bottles are depicte...Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Ink, Paper
- "1921 Blue And Gold" - UC Berkeley Yearbook Color LithographLocated in Soquel, CA"1921 Blue And Gold" - UC Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph "1921 Blue And Gold" 1921 University of California Berkeley Color Lithograph by Pedro Lemos (American, 1882-1952). A Greek woman sits, holding a long blank script on her lap while a Greek man leans over her shoulder, as he dips a feather in ink, as to write on the script. The man is wearing a gold laurel crown...Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsInk, Lithograph, Paper
- "Under the Apple Tree", Figurative Chromolithograph after George Niles, 188/250By Louis PrangLocated in Soquel, CAOriginal chromolithograph by Louis Prang (German/American, 1823-1909) of L. Prang & Co. (American, founded 1860), after "Under the Apple Tree" by George E. Niles (American, 1837-1898). This late 19th century figurative chromolithograph depicts a small boy in a country setting and period dress under an apple tree, reaching into a barrel with a basket of apples spilling into the grass. A German style chromolithograph, this limited edition 188/250 print was created with heavy, oil-based inks which were applied in several layers to impart a texture similar to an original oil painting. Signed and dated in the plate "G.E. Niles 1867". Tag on verso with "Prang's American Chromos - Under the Apple Tree, after Niles - Chromolithographed and published by L. Prang & Co. ...Boston". Displayed in a rustic giltwood beveled frame. Image size: 9"H x 7.25"W. Louis Prang was a foremost lithographer and publisher in New York City from the mid to the end of the 19th Century. Born in Breslau, Germany to a father who was a calico printer, he was an apprentice to his father during his teen-age years and then spent five years as a journeyman, learning printing and dyeing and living in Austria, France and England. However, Prang's liberal political vliews caused him to be deported by the Prussian government during the Revolution of 1848, and fled via Bohemia and Switzerland to get to America. In 1850, Prang went to Boston, having stopped briefly in New York City, and became a publisher and taught himself wood engraving. In 1856, he turned to lithography in partnership with Julius Mayer. In 1860, he founded Louis Prang and Co., which was his own company and the first stiff competition to Currier and Ives. A primary reason for this competition was Prang's active imagination and energetic pursuit of his business. During the Civil War, he published maps and battle plans so that people at home could follow military movements. He also created printed card portraits of Union soldiers...Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Cardboard
- Courtesans at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on PaperBy Utagawa YoshiikuLocated in Soquel, CACourtesan at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper Full color woodcut print of two women in elaborate gowns by Utagawa Yoshiiku (Ochiai Yoshiiku) (Japanese, 1833-1904). Two women are dressed in colorful robes with crossed arms. They are underneath a plum blossom tree in bloom, at night. In the background there is a building with many rooms. Valuable polychrome woodblock print of vertical large oban (大判) format made by Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾), the famous artist also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku (落合芳幾), and depicting the courtesan Shizuka (しづか), of the house of pleasure Matsumotoro (松本楼), together with her young kamuro (禿) assistant. The couple is escorted by a kanabohiki (金棒引き) watchman holding a lantern and a metal rod with rings to make noise and alert the crowd. The work, produced in August 1869 by the publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi (綱島亀吉), is taken from the “Twelve Months of Yoshiwara” (よし原十二ヶ月のうち), an elegant series of prints dedicated to the famous red light district of Edo (江戸), and is paired with the “month of leaves” Hazuki (葉月), that is August. Ochiai Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833-1904) was an ukiyo-e artist from the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period. He has created works which are essential to the history of ukiyo-e, such as“Twenty-eight Famous Murders with Verse”, a series of chimidoro-e (bloody paintings) which Yoshiiku and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi collaborated together, and “Shimbun (newspaper) Nishiki-e” that illustrated Meiji news articles with ukiyo-e. Born the son of teahouse proprietor Asakusa Tamichi in 1833, Yoshiiku became a student of ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi toward the end of the 1840s. His earliest known work dates to 1852 when he provided the backgrounds to some actor prints by his master. Yoshiiku's earliest works were portraits of actors (yakusha-e), beauties (bijin-ga), and warriors (musha-e). He later followed Kuniyoshi into making satirical and humorous pieces, and became the leading name in the field after Kuniyosh's death in 1861. He illustrated the Tokyo Nichi Nichi...Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Woodcut
You May Also Like
- Une Mère et Deux EnfantsBy Pierre-Auguste RenoirLocated in New York, NYA very good, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce lithograph on cream laid paper. From the edition of approximately 50.Category
1910s Impressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsLaid Paper, Lithograph
- La Barricade - Lithograph by Edouard Manet - 1871By Édouard ManetLocated in Roma, ITRare and beautiful lithograph by Edouard Manet . "La Barricade " illustrates a group of soldiers executing a band of rebels on a street corner. This artwork deals with a subject in...Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Lithograph
- SMOKING (SEPIA)By Norman RockwellLocated in Aventura, FLHand signed and numbered by the artist. From Tom Sawyer Portfolio. Sheet size 25.5 x 19.5 inches. Image size approx 17 x 13 inches. Frame size approx 30 x 26 inches. From the editi...Category
1970s American Impressionist Portrait Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Paper
- TICKET SELLERBy Norman RockwellLocated in Aventura, FLHand signed and numbered by the artist. Sheet size 27 x 21 inches. Frame size approx 36 x 30 inches. From the edition of 200. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of A...Category
1970s American Impressionist Portrait Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Paper
- TRIPLE SELF-PORTRAITBy Norman RockwellLocated in Aventura, FLCollotype in colors on paper. Unsigned. Published in 1972. Copyright info in typeset lower margin. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.Category
1970s American Impressionist Portrait Prints
MaterialsPaper, Lithograph
- MUGGELTON'S STAGECOACHBy Norman RockwellLocated in Aventura, FLHand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size approx 20.5 x 16 inches. Frame size approx 32 x 27 inches. From the edition of 200. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certific...Category
1970s American Impressionist Portrait Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Paper
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Books Of The Bible
Vintage Green Trench Coat
Green Trench Coat
Tank Top Vase
Sevres Art Nouveau Vases
Yellow Trench Coat
Dali St Michael
George Grosz Exhibition Poster
Yoan Capote
Large Stain Glass Windows
Real Black Foot Dresses
Spain Duke
Antique Son Of The Sea
California Woodblock Print
Ben Shahn Love
Map Of Ukraine
Winter Hat Womens
Leonard Beaumont