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Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from a detail of Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an e...
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Woman in dress, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Woman in dress, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, i...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Female semi-nude on bedding, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Female semi-nude on bedding, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Seated woman with shawl, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Seated woman with shawl, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Seated nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Seated nude, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Century Guild...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
She Devils on Wheels, Original kitsch motorcycle drive-in film poster, 1968
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1968 poster for exploitation film legend Herschell Gordon Lewis's She Devils on Wheels. A masterful statement of 1960s graphic design, this oversized drive-in poster was acq...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer, Gustav Klimt An Aftermath collotype, 1931
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1931 collotype created from Gustav Kilmt’s Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer, oil on canvas, 1916. Published by Max Eisler and printed by Österreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Vienna, in an edition of 500.
In 1931, Max Eisler published the most notable posthumous collection of Gustav Klimt works to date. Using a complex gravure process, Klimt’s original oil paintings were painstakingly reproduced as collotypes on a handmade, deckled-edge cream wove paper. This world-class example of collotype captures the superb resolution and color-richness and ornamentation of the original 1916 oil painting.
"Friederike-Maria suggested that Klimt should paint her in a Viennese Workshop dress; she wore these exclusively. She was also very proud of a fur coat she owned, particularly during the hardship of the First World War, and Klimt decided that she should wear the coat too, but inside out, so that the decorative lining, also by the Viennese Workshop, was visible.
Klimt decided to make use of an imaginary oriental screen...
Category
1930s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Prietster Matchstick, Graphic Object poster advertisement by Lucian Bernhard
Located in Chicago, IL
Lucian Bernhard’s Object Poster advertisement for Priester Matchsticks, stone lithograph published by Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, circa 1910.
“Lucia...
Category
1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le Cénacle by Victor Mignot, Art Nouveau Commedia dell'Arte lithograph, 1897
By Victor Mignot
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegantly-dressed society women observe silhouettes of Commedia dell’Arte characters Pierrot, Columbine, and Harlequin at the shadow play theater Le Cénacle.
In a manner reminiscent...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bust of a Woman, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Bust of a Woman, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This art...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Folies Bergère: Fleur de Lotus by Jules Chéret, Belle Époque lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Belle Époque lithograph of Folies Bergère: Fleur de Lotus by Jules Chéret, published in 1896 by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris. While Fleur de Lotus ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Schleichendes Gift (Creeping Poison) by Gustav Mezey, Snake film poster, 1946
Located in Chicago, IL
Gustav Mezey’s lithographic film poster for Hermann Wallbrück’s “social hygiene” film Schleichendes Gift (translated as Creeping Poison) shows a distressed woman encircled in the gri...
Category
1940s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Female semi-nude on bedding (Plate 12), Gustav Klimt Twenty-Five Drawings folio
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Color lithograph created from Gustav Kilmt’s sketch of a semi-nude figure on bedding. Edited by Alice Strobl and published in 1964 by Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt Graz in Vie...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Seven Deadly Sins: Study for Sloth by Gail Potocki, Framed oil painting on linen
By Gail Potocki
Located in Chicago, IL
Gail Potocki's study from her Seven Deadly Sins series personifies Sloth through a frozen figure and her icy snail companion. Symbolist oil painting on linen, 2017. This artwork is presented professionally framed and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Gail Potocki (b. 1961) is a contemporary artist whose work crosses multiple boundaries: she has been lauded by popular media (Huffington Post, Mother Jones) and pop culture art...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
ШУТ (Jester) by Sergey Solomko, Russian Art Nouveau folklore lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
“Each country that approached the ideology of the Art Nouveau clearly had their own unique contribution to the movement; these artworks are rare and perfect examples of how Russian artists incorporated the aesthetics of their homeland... The periodical Jester was published in St. Petersburg from 1897 to 1914 and commented on the arts, theater, and public life with humorous prose and illustration. Sergey...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Stirnemann und Co. by Emil Huber, Swiss Surrealist color eyeball poster, 1918
Located in Chicago, IL
Emil Huber’s mesmerizing and surrealist eyeball design for Stirnemann u. Co. Zürich promotes an organization of commercial, industrial and administrative operations in Switzerland.
...
Category
1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Deutsches Theater by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret lithograph, c. 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s most famous image, an extraordinary Toulouse-Lautrec homage promoting theatrical cabaret performance at the Deutsche Theater in Munich. The costume and poster designs of Walter Schnakenberg defined ballet and cabaret during Germany’s Weimar...
Category
1920s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Odeon Casino by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret lithograph, 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
An exquisitely-dressed woman mixes her cocktail, immersed in the nightlife of Walter Schnakenberg’s poster promoting the decadent Odeon Casino in Munich. ...
Category
1920s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Eau Minérale Naturelle Vichy by Albert Guillaume, Belle Epoque lithograph, 1896
By Albert Guillaume
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant woman in a blue Victorian dress toasts with a glass of “the coldest” and “most carbonated” sparkling water from Vichy, France. In early...
Category
1890s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Standing nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a figure drawing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is pr...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Reclining nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a reclining nude drawing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwo...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Women's Edition Buffalo Courier by Alice Russell Glenny, Art Nouveau lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Alice Russell Glenny’s Women's Edition Buffalo Courier, 1897 lithograph on Japon paper produced with a plate of metallic gold ink.
While this poster w...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Eugénie Buffet Ambassadeurs by Lucien Métivet, Imperial Japon lithograph, 1897
By Lucien Métivet
Located in Chicago, IL
Eugénie Buffet was a French singer, actress, and pioneer of the chanson réaliste (realist song) genre, which portrayed the day to day lives of the poor and working-class in Paris. Métivet’s Ambassadeurs poster depicts Buffet as a prostitute working on the cold, windy streets of Paris; Buffet describes following working women to effectively reflect their demeanor in her roles, “Huddled in the shadow of dark alleys, I espied their beckoning calls to passersby, followed them from afar, scraping invisibly along the walls, listened to their words in the doorways of seedy hotels; sometimes, even, made up and dressed like them, I would slip among them, sitting at tables in their dives, and join in the conversation” (Buffet, 1930 via Conway, 2004). Her name, much like that of fellow performer Aristide Bruant, was further solidified in history by their likenesses in iconic and historically important artworks by Métivet’s and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
“Métivet’s talent is seen at its best in the Eugénie Buffet advertisements, two studies worthy a place amongst the best posters which have come from the hands of contemporary French artists” (Hiatt, 1896).
This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Notable museum collections containing this work include: Yale University Art Gallery (large-format version) (1969.3.3)
Notable museum collections featuring works by Lucien...
Category
1890s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Die Alte Stadt (The Old City) by Georg Muller-Breslau, Medieval-style lithograph
By Georg Muller-Breslau
Located in Chicago, IL
Two patrons examine art objects in Georg Muller-Breslau’s medieval-style poster for the 1896 exhibition of Saxon artisanry and works of art in Dresden, “the old city” (Die Alte Stadt...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Frem Program Anno 1900 by Louis Moe, Danish Art Nouveau mermaid poster
By Louis Moe
Located in Chicago, IL
Each country that approached the ideology of Art Nouveau clearly had their own unique contribution to the movement. The popularity of French Art Nouveau became globally recognized and produced in large numbers. While we recognize the rarity and extraordinary work of Italian Art Nouveau, or Stile Liberty, as it was known in that country, very little of this art survived and in very small quantities. What’s impossibly rare Scandinavian Art Nouveau...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Woman undressing, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a woman undressing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375.
Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Standing nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a figure drawing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is pr...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Read the Sun by Louis Rhead, Art Nouveau Japon lithograph, 1897
By Louis Rhead
Located in Chicago, IL
“America was quick to reveal strong Art Nouveau voices; it was Louis Comfort Tiffany who encouraged Bing to open his salon, and artists Will Bradley and Ethel Reed exhibited a Japonist simplicity that presented a strong, refined take on the Art Nouveau ideal. Louis Rhead was born in England but emigrated to the United States in 1883 at the age of 24, and quickly found himself celebrated both in the United States and in France, exhibiting his designs in the prestigious Salon des Cent in Paris in 1897.”
-Quoted from Flowering Lines: Rare Art Nouveau Graphics 1883-1911 by Thomas Negovan (2017)
Lithograph of Louis Rhead’s Read The Sun, published in 1897 by Imprimerie Chaix, the printing house known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Chéret.
While this poster was printed in multiple sizes and formats, this 1897 edition of 25 strikes on Japon paper is the most desirable and extremely scarce edition. Japon paper allows inks to rest upon its surface rather than being absorbed by a more permeable paper stock. The rare, small format poster lithographs created at this time were printed using rich, dense, lead inks. This world-class example of lithography captures superior resolution and color-richness to that of its large-format counterpart.
This piece is presented professionally framed using all archival materials, including a hand-wrapped silk mat. This work arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Notable museum collections featuring works by John Louis...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Harper's August, Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain by Edward Penfield, 1897
By Edward Penfield
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Edward Penfield’s 1897 advertisement for Mark Twain's short story, Tom Sawyer Detective (1896).
While this poster was printed in multiple siz...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
JOB Papier à Cigarettes by Georges Meunier, Belle Epoque lithograph, 1896
By Georges Meunier
Located in Chicago, IL
A fashionable brunette smiles playfully at her black cat while enjoying JOB cigarette papers.
Lithograph of Georges Meunier’s Papier à Cigarettes JOB, ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Lead Us Not Into Temptation" Japon lithograph, 1899
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Woman in scarf, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a well-dressed woman wearing a scarf around her face, leaving only her eyes exposed. This work was pubished from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sket...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Prang's Easter by Louis Rhead, Art Nouveau lithograph, 1897
By Louis Rhead
Located in Chicago, IL
“America was quick to reveal strong Art Nouveau voices; it was Louis Comfort Tiffany who encouraged Bing to open his salon, and artists Will Bradley and Ethel Reed exhibited a Japonist simplicity that presented a strong, refined take on the Art Nouveau ideal. Louis Rhead was born in England but emigrated to the United States in 1883 at the age of 24, and quickly found himself celebrated both in the United States and in France, exhibiting his designs in the prestigious Salon des Cent in Paris in 1897.”
-Quoted from Flowering Lines: Rare Art Nouveau Graphics 1883-1911 by Thomas Negovan (2017)
Lithograph of Louis Rhead’s Prang’s Easter Publications, published in 1897 by Imprimerie Chaix, the printing house known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Chéret. This example was printed with a plate of shimmering gold ink.
This piece is presented professionally framed using all archival materials, including a hand-wrapped silk mat and gold fillet. This work arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Notable museum collections containing this work include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (medium-format version) (1984.1202.146)
Notable museum collections featuring works by John Louis...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Fourth Darmstadt exhibition, Expressionist dragon poster, Bernhard Hoetger, 1914
By Bernhard Hoetger
Located in Chicago, IL
Bernhard Hoetger’s 1914 Expressionist poster for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony’s (Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie) fourth and final exhibition depicts the legend of Saint George slaying ...
Category
1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Tristram and Ysoli, Düsseldorf state-theatre, Expressionist stage lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Uzarski’s expressionist lithograph advertises a stage production of Tristram and Ysoli (Tristan and Isolde) at the Düsseldorf city-theatre in 1919. This example was published c. 1919...
Category
1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Internationaler Sport Club München by Paul Bruno, Cycling advertisement, c. 1902
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithographic poster for Paul Bruno’s cycling and polo advertisement, Internationaler Sport Club München. This work was published in 1902 by Fritz Maison, Mu...
Category
Early 1900s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marihuana, Exploitation drug culture film poster, 1936
Located in Chicago, IL
Even in its earlier years, the movie industry was based around spectacle. Exploitation posters, especially those depicting drug culture, were often design...
Category
1930s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Thirst, Plate 52 from Gerlach's Allegorien, Vienna Secession lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Wilhelm List, a friend and follower of Gustav Klimt, was a founder and leading member of the Vienna Secession and contributor to its official magazine, Ver Sacrum...
Category
1890s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Levitation magic poster, The Fakir Shah Rabey and The Aerial Woman, c. 1915
Located in Chicago, IL
A magician billed as The Fakir Shah Rabey is pictured with his "astral" subject, The Aerial Woman, who levitates above in a hoop.
Original lithographic magic poster...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le Pater: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" 1899 lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha's hand-colored pochoir illuminated manuscript plate of Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread from his masterpiece of mystici...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
L'Aurore by Eugène Carrière, Symbolist lithograph, 1898
By Eugène Carrière
Located in Chicago, IL
Shrouded in light and shadow, a figure halts in anxiety while a precipice forms the horizon. Carrière echoes fellow Symbolist Edvard Munch’s Der Schrei der Natur (also known by the popular name “The Scream”) in L’Aurore, a quintessential example of Carrière’s misty and spectral body of work.
An 1897 oil study for this work sold for 26,400 GBP (approximately $36,190) at Christie’s in 2007.
Stone lithograph of Eugène Carrière...
Category
1890s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Théâtrophone by Jules Chéret, Belle Epoque lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Belle Epoque lithographic poster of Jules Chéret’s Théâtrophone, published in 1896 by Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret). This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
“The fall of 1881 was a notable one in Paris: The City of Light was hosting the first International Exposition of Electricity off the Champs-Élysées. The expo created a buzz, with Europeans flocking to Paris to see the wonders of electricity, from Edison’s recently-invented light bulb to Alexander Graham Bell...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original cover for Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater, Symbolist letterpress, 1899
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
“Humankind rests safely in the hand of an androgynous God, dreamlike and powerful; Mucha’s Byzantine tresses are replaced here with hair personifying the wind of the vast cosmos, unf...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
J. Kosbü Optik by Theodor Paul Etbauer, Modernist optometry lithograph c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Expressionist lithographic poster by Theodor Paul Etbauer for J. Kosbü Optik, a German optometry practice. Etbauer elegantly merges art and advertisement with a simple, striking desi...
Category
1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Second International Photographic Art Exhibition by Auguste Donnay, 1897
By Auguste Donnay
Located in Chicago, IL
A young woman wearing a floral dress examines photographic works in a gallery display. Auguste Donnay created this poster for the Second International Photographic Art Exhibition, he...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Gonthier-Meymans by Henri Meunier, Art Nouveau Japon lithograph, 1897
By Henri Meunier
Located in Chicago, IL
Henri Meunier’s Gonthier-Meymans lithographic poster, published by Verlag von Gerhard Kühtmann in Dresden, 1897. While this poster was printed in multiple sizes and formats, this edi...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Paul Hankar Architect by Adolphe Crespin, Art Nouveau Japon lithograph, 1897
By Adolphe Crespin
Located in Chicago, IL
Belgian poster artist Adolphe Crespin applies a motif of bees and drafting materials in one of the finest examples of his work, a poster for architect ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Prang's Easter by Louis Rhead, Art Nouveau Japon lithograph, edition of 25, 1897
By Louis Rhead
Located in Chicago, IL
“America was quick to reveal strong Art Nouveau voices; it was Louis Comfort Tiffany who encouraged Bing to open his salon, and artists Will Bradley and Ethel Reed exhibited a Japonist simplicity that presented a strong, refined take on the Art Nouveau ideal. Louis Rhead was born in England but emigrated to the United States in 1883 at the age of 24, and quickly found himself celebrated both in the United States and in France, exhibiting his designs in the prestigious Salon des Cent in Paris in 1897.”
-Quoted from Flowering Lines: Rare Art Nouveau Graphics 1883-1911 by Thomas Negovan (2017)
Lithograph of Louis Rhead’s Prang’s Easter Publications, published in 1897 by Imprimerie Chaix, the printing house known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Chéret. This example was printed with a plate of shimmering gold ink.
While this poster was printed in multiple sizes and formats, this 1897 edition of 25 strikes on Japon paper is the most desirable and extremely scarce edition. Japon paper allows inks to rest upon its surface rather than being absorbed by a more permeable paper stock. The rare, small format poster lithographs created at this time were printed using rich, dense, lead inks. This world-class example of lithography captures superior resolution and color-richness to that of its large-format counterpart.
This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Notable museum collections containing this work include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (medium-format version on paper) (1984.1202.146)
Notable museum collections featuring works by John Louis...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vin Mariani, Popular French Tonic Wine by Jules Chéret, Japon lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Vin Mariani was the world's first commercial cocaine-based product, pre-dating the notorious cocaine-based soda Coca Cola by over two decades. The stimulat...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Düsseldorfer Bühnenball by R. Hoch, German Art Deco marionette lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
A marionette and a woman with a fantastic, geometric headdress promote a ball in Düsseldorf; the shadows create a dramatic effect.
“The modern poster as we know it- large, colorful ...
Category
1910s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Reclining nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch) collotype lithograph, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1922 collotype lithograph of a reclining nude figure, created from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch). Published by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375.
Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Horse Swan, Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist fantasy lithograph, 1904
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
David Copperfield Par Charles Dickens by Jules Chéret, Japon lithograph, 1886
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Extremely rare early work by “The Father of the Poster,” Jules Chéret: Lithograph announcing Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield, printed on Imperial...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Our Father Who Art in Heaven" 1899 lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Illustration for Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist fantasy aquarelle, 1904
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
Behave Yourself! Alberto Vargas, Shelley Winters film pin-up poster, 1951
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1951 poster for Behave Yourself! starring Shelley Winters with art by pin-up master Alberto Vargas.
This poster was acquired directly from the National Screen Service Archi...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
La Libre Esthetique by Théo van Rysselberghe, Art Nouveau Japon lithograph, 1897
By Theo van Rysselberghe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Théo van Rysselberghe's La Libre Esthetique, published by Imprimerie Chaix, the printing house known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Chéret. While...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Please, Not Now! Brigitte Bardot drive-in film poster, 1961
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1961 poster for Roger Vadim's Please, Not Now! starring Brigitte Bardot. A masterful statement of modernist film poster design, this oversized drive-in poster was acquired d...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Devil Take Us, Hot rod, racing film poster, 1952
Located in Chicago, IL
An entire generation was traumatized by the grotesque classroom films on driving safety. After their sensible removal from the education system, these films became the stuff of legen...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Bosch-Licht (Headlights) by Lucian Bernhard, Automobile design lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Lucian Bernhard was an award-winning graphic, interior, and typography designer and highly influential to the world of 20th century graphic and poster ...
Category
1890s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
