1890s Prints and Multiples

Stone lithograph sepia plate of Hallowed Be Thy Name from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts...

ARTIST: after Auguste RODIN TITLE : Icarus and Phaeton MEDIUM : Etching/photogravure after the original drawing SIGNATURE : Unsigned YEAR : 1897 PAPER : Vellum SIZE : 13 x 10" ...

Auguste RODIN (after) Attached to the rock, 1897 Etching enhanced with watercolor On vellum 31 x 42.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 16.7 inches) Edition limited to 125 copies, send with the certifi...

Auguste RODIN (after) Mask of Minos, 1897 Etching enhanced with watercolor On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm (c. 16.7 x 12.2 inches) Edition limited to 125 copies, send with the certificate of...

Alphonse Mucha "Lorenzaccio, a play in five acts and an epilogue by Alfred de Museet" Plate #114 1896 Alphonse Mucha was born in Southern Moravia on July 24, 1860. At the age of seventeen the artist left his home, to work as a painter of stage decorations...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) "LA CHAINE SIMPSON" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #60, 1900. Plate #238 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. "In her recent excellent biography of Lautrec, Julia Frey indicates that 'Henry, the frustrated athlete, was compulsively familiar with the vocabulary and technical aspects of a variety of sports in which he could participate as a spectator: horse and bicycle racing, wrestling, yachting, bullfighting. He watched them all with the same intensity that he watched a line of dancers or a circus bareback rider, attracted by the beauty of movement, but also by the smells, sounds and excitement of the spectacle (Frey, p.353) His 'insider' knowledge of the cycling field shows up abundantly in this poster for the French agent of the Simpson bicycle chain company. In the foreground is the champion cyclist Constant Huret. In the background are Tristan Bernard, the sports impresario who was a close friend of Lautrec, with Louis Bougle, the French agent who adopted the name 'Spoke.' A touch of levity is added by what appears to be a 'bicycle-built-for-ten' in the upper-left corner, in fact it's two five-seaters, known at the time as 'quints.'"(Rennert, PAI-XXII, 35)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic background, having been born the son of an earl.Even as a schoolboy he showed a talent for drawing. By 14 he had suffered two horse back riding accidents, combined with a serious bone disease which eventually left him crippled for life. His body continued to grow but not his legs, he would remain only five feet tall and suffer pain and embarrassment his entire life.At the age of 18, Lautrec moved to Montmartre in Paris to study art seriously. He worked with artists Louis Anquentin, Emile Bernard, Degas, Van Gogh and others. He became a frequenter of the the cafes, cabarets and brothels of the neighborhood, drawing from them inspirations for his artistic themes. As the artist's stature grew, several magazines wanted to publish his work, including Le Rire. His subjects, as well as street life, included some of the most famous music-hall performers, with whom he became friends, such as Yvette Guilbert, La Goulue Jane Avril, May Milton, May Belfort...

Rome, Palatine Hill is a wonderful etching and dry-point on paper by realized by Cesare Biseo in 1898. Hand-signed and dated with the description on the lower in pencil. In very go...

The Bridge is an original etching realized by the Italian master Bruno Croatto. Hand-signed on the lower right. '97 Good conditions except for some sma...

Original Harper's July vintage poster; The German Struggle for Liberty. Original turn of the century lithograph by Edward Penfield. Size: 14 1/8" x 21 18" Penfield created this poster to publicize Bigelow’s lengthy history of the Germanic people, serialized in the Monthly as “the first popular interpretation ever given to the rehabilitation of Germany through the uprising of the German people against the Napoleanic invasion.” July’s number began the series, which was published by Harper and Brothers as a two-volume set in 1896. Harper's June 1895 HARPER’S The German Struggle for Liberty JULY [Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Jul 1895]. German soldier at the guardhouse. Four-color lithograph: grey, blue, yellow, and red. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Jun 1895. The magazine Harper's, issue of July, confronts the problems of The German Struggle for Liberty. Shown a German soldier in a helmet and armed with a rifle stands tall, and yet an uneasiness appears on his face. At a closer look, one will notice that not only does the soldier grasp his rifle in support, but in despair. This Harper's July is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation mounted, linen backed. An restored fold mark across the middle of the image keeps this image from being rated higher (for an original 1895 poster).

Picture of Woman is an original artwork realized by Manuel Robbe (Parigi, 1872 - Nesles-la-Vallée, 1936). The artist with the use of etching represents the figure of an elderly woma...

J. ALDEN WEIR (1852 – 1919) LARGE HEAD IN PROFILE, 1891 (Zimmerman 30) Signed and dated in plate only in upper left corner. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8” Sheet size 13 x 9 ¼”. Delicate impressi...

Stone lithograph of Albert Morrow’s Illustrated Bits, printed by Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret), Paris in 1897. This world-class example of lithography captures superior resoluti...

Stone lithograph sepia plate of Our Father Who Art in Heaven from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern. The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned. The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...

Georges MEUNIER Goddess of Music, 1895 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plate 40...

HARDY, DUDLEY (1867 – 1922) "A Gaiety Girl" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #...

RASSENFOSSE, ARMAND (1862 – 1934) "Grande Brasserie Van Velsen" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lowe...

after Carl Otto Czeschka, (1878-1960), Austrian A leading member of the Vienna Secession and later the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshop), Carl Otto Czeschka was a vital figu...

JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903) THE WHITESMITHS, IMPRESSE DES CARMELITES 1894 (03) Way 53, LEVY 84 Transfer lithograph signed with butterfly in stone 8 ½ x 6 1//8". ...

Henri Gabriel IBELS Harlequin and Pierrot, 1897 Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 29 x 39 cm (c. 11.4 x 15.3") INFORMATION : Plate 102 of "Les Maîtres...

Lucian Bernhard was an award-winning graphic, interior, and typography designer and highly influential to the world of 20th century graphic and poster ...

Anna Thibaud - From Le Café Concert is an original print, realized in 1893 by Henri-Gabriel Ibels. Black and white lithograph on paper. Good conditions except for some ripples an...

BEGGARSTAFFS Shakespeare : Monologue of Hamlet (To be, or not to be), 1897 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plat...

Ancient Views of Yokohama is a set of 3 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. They were realized in 1890s. Good conditions except for being aged. Captio...

Ancient Views of Yokohama is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. It was realized in 1890s. Good conditions excep...

Views of Yokohama photographs is a set of four original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. They were realized in 1890s. Good conditions except for being aged. ...

HOHENSTEIN Iris, Comic Opera, 1899 Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plate 180 of "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche", Paris, 1899, printed by l'Imprimerie Chaix. Bears the blind stamp of the editor in the lower right corner . This image was created for the italian comic...

Lithographic sepia plate of Lead Us Not Into Temptation but Deliver Us From Evil from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. This example comes from the extremely scarc...

Ancient View of Yokohama is an original vintage albumen print on cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. It was realized in 1890s. Good conditions except for being aged. Caption in Italian, in ink...

Ancient Views of Yokohama is a set of 4 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. They were realized in the 1890s. Good ...

Ancient Views of Yokohama is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. It was realized in the 1890s. Good conditions except for being aged. Caption in Ita...

Auguste ROEDEL Montmartre : Moulin de la Galette, 1897 Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") Authenticated with the blind stam...

A fashionable brunette smiles playfully at her black cat while enjoying JOB cigarette papers. Lithograph of Georges Meunier’s Papier à Cigarettes JOB, ...

Stone lithograph sepia plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henr...

Will Bradley When hearts are trumps, 1896 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed on paper vélin Size 40 x 29 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plate 52 of "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche", Paris, 1896, printed by l'Imprimerie Chaix. Bears the blind stamp of the editor bottom right. This image was created for a book of love poetry written by Tom Hall...

Gaston de Latenay Le Parc Original lithograph Plate signed 1897/98 Printed on paper Vélin Size 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Moderne, Paris, 1...

REED, ETHEL (1874 -1926) "Quest of the Golden Girl" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bea...

VALLOTTON, F. (1865 - 1925) "Ah! la Pe . . . la Pe . . . la Pepiniere" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stam...

Vintage poster by Henri Privat-Livemont created for the Exposition Universelle (the 1900 Paris Exposition) before the lettering was added on the upper portion of the image. Henri Pr...

India. Jodpoor - Mach 2nd, 1893 - is an original vintage black and white photo realized during a journey throughout the world performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este ...

Original antique advertising poster for the 6 October 1895 issue of the Philadelphia Sunday Press newspaper (1857-1920) featuring a colourful image of a lady in a red hunter coat, de...

Stone lithograph sepia plate of Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by ...

Emile BERCHMANS Renewal Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate 1897/98 Printed on paper Vélin Size 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Modern...

Allegorien-Neue Folge was a serialized publication of artworks by a group of Viennese artists and students beginning in 1897. Martin Gerlach, its publisher, was inspired by the new rise of modernist design in Vienna and selected those who were demonstrating a new command of the style to contribute works to the series, including Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Carl Otto Czeschka, and Hanus Schwaiger. Each plate explores a different theme or collection of topics, such as dance, astronomy, electricity, and graphic arts, which brought a new aesthetic of design to the traditional allegory genre. Stone lithograph of Hanus Schwaiger’s Astronomie, published as Plate 102 in Gerlach’s Allegorien...

Original vintage advertising poster for a new book from Eckstein's Illustrated Novel Library entitled Was war es? Ein flug ins blaue - What Was It? A Flight Into The Blue by Richard Nordhausen (1868-1941), also known by the pseudonyms Max Kempff and Caliban, with illustrations by F. Stassen - Neu erscheinen! Ecksteins Illustrierte Romanbibliothek Hier vorrathig! In stock here! - featuring an art nouveau style image of a young lady wearing a fashionable white and blue ruffle dress and long yellow gloves...

Adolphe CRESPIN The Architect (Paul Hankar), 1897 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATION ...

Jules FLANDRIN The Hair Original lithograph 1897/98 On vellum 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Moderne, Paris, 1897-1899 and printed by l'Imprimerie Cha...

SATTLER, JOSEPH (1867 - 1931) "Pan" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #17, 1897...

William CARQUEVILLE (1871-1946) Woman Picking Flower (Lippincott's Magazine) Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATIO...

Franz M. Melchers La phalène des îles de la mer Original litograph Printed signature in the plate 1897/98 On vellum 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Mod...

Lucien Métivet Eugénie Buffet (Ambassadeurs) Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATION ...

The gallery is opening its private collection of art nouveau and art deco paintings, lithographs and antiques for the first time in more than twenty years. Presenting an original li...

Auguste RODIN (after) Maternity : Woman and Child, 1897 Etching enhanced with watercolor On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm (c. 16.7 x 12.2 inches) Edition limited to 125 copies, send with the ...

"Summer From: The Four Seasons" is a giclee print on photo paper after Alphonse Mucha's 1896 print of the same name. A woman lounges on a stone surrounded by vines and other pieces of nature. She rests her head on a vine and looks backward at the viewer, she is wearing a very sheer white dress...

"Moonlight Glade", a small intimate etching of a New England graveyard, is a remembrance of the artist's roots. There is a quiet reverent calm to this moonlit scene,. William Woodward, born in Seekonk, Massachusetts, received his art training at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Massachusetts Normal Art School. He taught at the Rhode Island School of Design while still a student there. At the behest of William Preston...

Auguste RODIN (after) Castor and Pollux, 1897 Etching enhanced with watercolor On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm (c. 16.7 x 12.2 inches) Edition limited to 125...

"La Chatelaine" is an original color lithograph by Charles Doudelet. The artist's name is inscribed lower right. This piece, featuring a wealthy woman on a white horse surrounded by dogs, was published in the Art Nouveau publication L'Estampe Moderne. 15 3/4" x 12" art 19 1/4" x 23" frame Belgian painter, sculptor, illustrator and stage designer. He studied music at the Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium and sculpture at the Gewerbeschule, Ghent (after 1877). He visited Paris in 1887 and Italy in 1890, with a grant from the city of Ghent. He was deeply impressed by the masters of the Quattrocento, and was encouraged to take up painting after meeting Constantin Meunier...

'Babylone d'Allemagne' or 'German Babylon' is an original lithograph poster by the lauded artist of the Art Nouveau style Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This is the second poster that La...

Dudley Hardy Abbotts, Boots and Shoes, 1895 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plate 92 of "Les Maîtres de l'Affic...