Henri Gabriel Ibels Figurative Prints

CHERET, JULES (1836 - 1932) "Quinquina Dubonnet" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #28, 1898. Plate #109 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. “The Dubonnet poster...

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...

This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La tristesse du roi (The Sorrow of the King), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 27–28, originat...

Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, plate-signed by Matisse from the edition of 200. This lithograph was printed and published in 2007 in Paris using 100% cotton 300 g...

This lithographic poster illustrates Aristide Bruant who was a famous performer and cabaret owner in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Lautrec, seizing on Bruant's trademark cos...

These beautiful and colorful lithographic posters were hand reproduced by the Mourlot Studio's Master Printer Henri Deschamps in 1969. They are not to be mistaken with later cheap di...

These beautiful and colorful lithographic posters were hand reproduced by the Mourlot Studio's Master Printer Henri Deschamps in 1969. They are not to be mistaken with later cheap di...

Alfons Mucha DOCUMENTS DECORATIFS Six color lithographs, 1902, on wove paper, printed by F. Champenois, Paris, published by the Librarie Cen...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) "Yvette Guilbert – A Menilmontant de Bruant" Delteil 255, Adhemar 311 Lithograph printed in black with beige t...

Alphonse Mucha "Lorenzaccio, a play in five acts and an epilogue by Alfred de Museet" Plate #114 Image Size: 15" x 11" 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...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Nu, deuxieme etude (Nude, Second Study), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 27–28, originates...

ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860 – 1939) Flirt Biscuits Rennert/Weill 72 Lithograph in colors c. 1900 Signed in stone, lower right margin Image: 24” x 11”, Paper: 25 ¼” x 11 ¾” F...