Ludovic Alleaume

Phalene et Feux Follets

1904

Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904) Title: "Vérité (Truth)" Portfolio: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne *Issued unsigned Year: 1900 (third state of three) Medium: Original Lithograph on chine appliqué on wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: A. Clot, Paris, France Publisher: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne, Paris, France Reference: Floury No. 156; Hediard-Mason No. 156; L No. 139 Sheet size: 11.5" x 8.5" Image size: 7.5" x 5.5" Condition: In excellent condition This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Biography: Henri Fantin-Latour, in full Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (born Jan. 14, 1836, Grenoble, France—died Aug. 25, 1904, Buré), French painter, printmaker, and illustrator noted for his still lifes with flowers and his portraits, especially group compositions, of contemporary French celebrities in the arts. Fantin-Latour’s first teacher was his father, a well-known portrait painter. Later, he studied at the school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran and attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the official French Salons, but in 1863 he also showed his work in the rebel Salon des Refusés. Although academic in manner, Fantin-Latour was independent in style. He had numerous friends among the leading French painters of his day, including J.-A.-D. Ingres, Eugène Delacroix, Camille Corot, Édouard Manet, and Gustave Courbet. His portrait groups, often arranged in rows of heads and figures like 17th-century Dutch guild...

Artist: Dagmar Mezricky (Czech, 1944-) Title: "Earth" *Signed, numbered, and dated by Mezricky in pencil lower right Year: 1989 Medium: Original Lithograph on Rives BFK paper Limite...

Lithograph on Japon paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 43.7 x 28.1 cms (17.2 x 11.1 ins) Image size: 39.1 x 23.7 cms (15 3/8 x 9 1/4 ins)

Original Lithograph by Jean-Gabriel Domergue Title: Naked Signed Dimensions: 40 x 31 cm 1956 Edition of 197 This artwork is part of the famous portfolio "La Parisienne"