Claude Farrère

Adventure of Achmet Pacha - Illustrated Book - Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century

Le Rire is a Comic Magazine published in 1896, reproducing drawings by Lucien Metivet (1863–1932).

Decorative Motifs of the Indian Renaissance is a vintage chromolithograph realized by an anonymous artist in th early 20th Century. Good conditions.

One of 220 copies on velin blanc including original lithographs by Georges Annenkoff. Near perfect conditions and uncut. Edition: Paris, Au Sans Pareil Format: In-4° Pages: 184

Il Pantegan is an original modern rare book written by Victor Hedwig and illustrated by Walter Gramatté (Berlin, 1897 – Hamburg, 1929) in 1919. Origina Edition. 500 numbered and s...

Musee Grevin Avant La Lettre (Before Text), created in 1900, is one of the best known images by the great French artist, Jules Chéret. The poster advertises a show performance at the...

This original 1917 lithographic poster by Alphonse Grebel was created to promote the Foire de Paris, held from May 1st to 15th during the final years of World War I. Far beyond a sim...

Antar, artist: Georges Rochengrosse. Size: 26.26" x 34.25". Year: 1912. Archival linen backed in very good condition; ready to frame. This poster was printed by Maquet Gr. PARIS. Or...

Marcus Behmer (German, 1879 – 1958) Die Geravbte orchidee (The robbed orchid), 1903 Signed ‘Marcus Behmer’ (lower right in pencil) Lithograph on paper 16.1/8 x 12in. (40.8 x 30.5cm.) It is apparent Behmer is influenced by the work of Aubrey Beardsley, though this work is no less beautiful in its execution. Little is known regarding his connections to Oscar Wilde though he is obviously an admirer and has many similarities with his private life and incarceration in prison. These works were a personal gift to Baron Detlev von Hadeln, the aristocrat and prominent art historian of the age. Behmer is known to be, since 1903, a member in the first ever homosexual organization in Berlin and was thus probably a part of Adolf Brand’s circle, and may have contributed to Brand’s publication Der Eigene. Until now, few know that Behmer was sentenced in April 1937 by a court in Konstanz to imprisonment for two years, being arrested in Freiburg and at other locations in southern Germany for being a homosexual. At times he was given the opportunity to work as an artist in prison. The works produced in this period are mostly calligraphic designed tablets with Greek text (prayers and Bible quotes...