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Georges Meunier
Moto-Fuite

c. 1902

$300
£230.48
€264.82
CA$421.99
A$474.08
CHF 247.71
MX$5,786.41
NOK 3,145.19
SEK 2,960.53
DKK 1,976.17

About the Item

Moto-Fuite Color lithograph, c. 1902 Signed in the stone lower right (see photo) Published by Edmund Sagot (1857-1917), Paris Printed by Atelier Chaix, Paris Large edition with title and text Part of a series of two humorous auto related images depicting Brass Era French automibiles Provenance: Edmund Sagot (1857-1917), publisher Sagot Heirs Condition: Excellent Never matted or framed Colors fresh and unfaded Image eize: 19 5/8 x 13 inches Sheet size: 27 x 18 1/4 inches Georges Meunier (1869-1934) Meunier was born in Saint-Cloud, France in 1869. He moved to Paris as a young man and studied at the National School of Fine Arts; there, he was a student of artist Joseph-Robert Fleury. Following this training, Meunier attended The School for the Decorative Arts where he was trained in both classical and modern design, these skills would later influence his poster graphics. Subsequent to his education, Meunier's posters were exhibited in salons throughout Paris, giving his work notoriety. George Meunier was a prolific artist at the turn-of-the-century influenced greatly by Cheret, the founder of the advertising poster movement. Meunier succeeded Cheret at the Chaix printing house as principal artist and director. He worked as a poster artist for only a short time, making a career change to a book illustrator, which he pursued until the end of his life. Publisher: Edmund Sagot Courtesy of French Wikipedia Edmond-Honoré Sagot , born in 1857 and died on April 6 , 1917, is a bookseller , art dealer , publisher of prints and original posters . In 1881 he founded the house “Ed. Sagot” in Paris. This establishment still exists under the name “ Sagot - Le Garrec ” and is one of the oldest art galleries still in operation. Edmond Sagot is the first contemporary art dealer to specialize in prints and posters. Following his example, several print dealers emerged in the early 1890s : Gustave Pellet , Edouard Kleinmann, A. Arnould, then Ambroise Vollard , who served as a driving force in the development, sale and promotion of artists' prints. Contemporaries. Biography Edmond Sagot opened in Paris in 1881 at 53 rue d'Argout an artistic bookstore which, from 1884, developed its activities towards the trade in prints . The “Ed. Sagot” house then took as its address 39 bis rue de Châteaudun . There are also framing and drawing material. Sagot sells drawings, etchings , lithographs , then, in 1891, publishes the world's first catalog of posters illustrated by modern and contemporary artists. This event is partly at the origin of what Ernest Maindron and Octave Uzanne soon called “posteromania”. Sagot was one of the pioneers and Parisian leaders of this new art form, his gallery serves as a dissemination relay with the provinces and abroad, and becomes a place of exchange between many art critics and young people. artists 2 . Later, he associated his son-in-law, Maurice Le Garrec, with his activity, who in 1917 3 took over the gallery under the name “Sagot - Le Garrec, dealer in prints”, and moved to 18 rue Guénégaud . Today the gallery Sagot - Le Garrec, always specialized in printmaking and drawing XIX th and XX th centuries, is located 10 rue de Buci . It is managed by Nicolas Romand, the fifth generation of merchants. Edmond Sagot is also known for having acquired four coppers belonging to a series of engravings executed by Francisco Goya , the Disparates . He is the older brother of the Parisian art dealer Clovis Sagot , known as “Sagot le Jeune”. Publications Jules Chéret and Paul César Helleu produced posters for Edmond Sagot, but also Alexandre Lunois (in 1894), the young Belgian artist Henri Evenepoel , whose project was exhibited at the Salon pour l'art (in 1896), George Bottini (in 1898), Edgar Chahine (from 1897), or even Georges de Feure. The gallery edited works by Charles Heyman , Gaston de Latenay , Gustave Leheutre , Alfredo Müller , Manuel Robbe , Georges Meunier, Tavík František Šimon , Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , Félix Vallotton . The gallery published the Paris-Almanach from the end of 1894, containing small lithographs in colors. Titled center lower margin (see photo) Lower left in margin: "Imp. CHAIX, Paris" (see photo) Lower right in margin: "Ed. Sagot, Editeur (see photo)
  • Creator:
    Georges Meunier (1869-1942, French)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1902
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.63 in (49.87 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fairlawn, OH
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: FA124311stDibs: LU14016519222

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