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Period: 19th Century
Floral Wreath Vase by Paul Dachsel for Amphora c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tall Amphora vase with a floral wreath encircling the mouth, trailing down on two sides into light green and rose crackling, and finished with a linear "Dachsel style" relief in the ...
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1890s Art Nouveau More Art
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Ceramic
Amphora RStK Biomorphic Art Nouveau Ceramic Candlestick att. Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, IL
Biomorphic candlestick with experimental glaze produced by RStk Amphora c. 1900, a design attributed to Paul Dachsel. Hand-signed in the base with an RStK marking indicating that thi...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
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Ceramic
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" 1899 sepia lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau Maiden Vase c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Austrian Art Nouveau vase featuring a maiden standing at the base of a tree, drinking from a leaf, with gentle shades of green and blue. An ex...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Amphora Mystical Art Nouveau Ceramic Candelstick World’s Fair 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Bone-colored two-headed candlestick featuring faces, moths, and stars in a design presented at the 1900 Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) held in Paris. Titled "The Magic of Fire...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
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Ceramic
Iridescent Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau Maiden on Tulip c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Figural vase with a golden maiden on an iridescent form. This vase features a beautiful juxtaposition of the smooth and sinuous texture of the woman against a psychedelic stone-like ...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
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Ceramic
Amphora Vase with Water Lilies by Ernst Wahliss, att. Paul Dachsel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Earthy, textured water lily leaf vase with gilted, figural stem arms which encircle the golden mouth of the piece with their flowers. Stamped Ernst Wahliss and numbered in the base. ...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
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Ceramic
Amphora Vase with Ginkgo Leaves by Ernst Wahliss, att. Paul Dachsel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Delicate textured vase featuring geometric gingko leaves in a repeating pattern, with gold gilt arms and mouth. Ernst Wahliss vase with a design att...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
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Ceramic
Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau Iridescent Figural Candlestick
Located in Chicago, IL
Figural candlestick with a golden maiden on an iridescent form. This ceramic features a beautiful juxtaposition of the smooth texture of the woman against a psychedelic stone-like fl...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Dramatic Amphora Ceramic with Art Nouveau Maiden in Lily Bouquet c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Incredibly dramatic Amphora ceramic featuring a maiden resting on a trio of lilies, her golden gown cascading into a gathered earthen base. Stamped Amphora...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Winter Clothing by Louis Rhead, Art Nouveau Victorian fashion lithograph, 1897
By Louis Rhead
Located in Chicago, IL
Louis Rhead’s 1897 Art Nouveau poster features a well-dressed man with a top hat, cane, and other late Victorian winter fashions.
“America was quick to reveal strong Art Nouveau vo...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 illuminated manuscript by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha's hand-colored pochoir illuminated manuscript plate of Thy Kingdom Come from his masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Stone lithograph with hand-colored detail, printed by F. Champenois and 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...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hélyett Marjolaine by Georges de Feure, Art Nouveau theater lithograph, 1896
By Georges De Feure
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of George de Feure’s 1896 theatrical Art Nouveau poster promoting Mistinguett’s role as Hélyett in Marjolaine.
Hélyett is shown in a delicate pastel palette, enveloped b...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Cinderella by Dudley Hardy, Art Nouveau theater lithograph poster, 1897
By Dudley Hardy
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Nouveau Cinderella theater poster by Dudley Hardy, published in 1897 by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, the printing house known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Ch...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Orient Cycles by Edward Penfield, Bicycle motorcycle lithograph, 1897
By Edward Penfield
Located in Chicago, IL
The Waltham Manufacturing Company was co-founded in 1893 in New York by Charles Metz and three business partners. The company's designer, Metz, called his cycles “Orient racing bicycles,” named after the Orient Fire Insurance...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Electricity by Ignatius Taschner, Art Nouveau lithograph, 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Ignatius Taschner’s Electricity, published as Plate 95 in Gerlach’s Allegorien by Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Allegorien-Neue Folge...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Spring by Robert Engels, Medieval Art Nouveau lithograph with gold ink, 1897
By Robert Engels
Located in Chicago, IL
Allegorien-Neue Folge was a serialized folio published in installments between 1895 and 1900. Martin Gerlach, its publisher, was inspired by the rise of modernist design in Vienna an...
Category
1890s Vienna Secession 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
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
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...
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1890s Art Nouveau 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
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...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
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, ...
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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
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
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
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...
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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...
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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
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
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...
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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...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Cercle des Beaux-Arts de Liege Annual Exhibition by Auguste Donnay
By Auguste Donnay
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Auguste Donnay’s Cercle des Beaux-Arts de Liege Exposition Annuelle, published by Imprimerie Chaix, the printing house known for publishing the ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Moulin Rouge, La Goulue by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Cabaret lithograph, 1896
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Moulin Rouge, La Goulue, published by Imprimerie Chaix, also known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Chéret. While this ...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" 1899 lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champe...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Astronomy, Plate 120 from Gerlach's Allegorien, Vienna Secession lithograph
By Hanus Schwaiger
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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1890s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Albert Morrow's Illustrated Bits, 1897 Art Nouveau lithograph on Japon paper
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Musée Grévin, Pantomimes Lumineuses by Jules Cheret, Commedia lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Jules Chéret’s poster advertising the Théâtre Optique (Optical Theatre) immortalized a momentous convergence of technology, culture, history, and art with the 1892 debut of Emile Reynaud’s praxinoscope at the Musée Grévin in Paris. Reynaud presented his Pantomimes Lumineuses, the world’s first animated films, using his innovative system which projected light through moving pictures to offer illuminated pantomimes. Among the three short films Reynaud screened through his praxinoscope was Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pierrot), a story of Pierrot courting Columbine based on the timeless archetypal love triangle featured in many Commedia dell’arte pantomimes.
As a member of the Cercle Funambulesque (roughly “Friends of the Tightrope-walkers”), a French society which championed the contemporary creation of Commedia dell-arte-inspired pantomimes, Jules Chéret was often inspired by Pierrot and produced a large number of works depicting him, often with his beloved Columbine. Cheret’s involvement with the Cercle, combined with the immense popularity of these archetypes in the late 19th century, meant that they appeared frequently in his works.
This work comes from the extremely scarce edition of 25 strikes on Imperial Japon paper, a mulberry bark-based stock inspired by the smooth-surfaced papers used in Japanese printmaking. This world-class example of lithography captures superior resolution and color-richness to that of its large-format counterpart. The use of marbled Imperial Japon paper allows inks to rest upon its surface rather than being absorbed by a more porous paper stock. An extremely scarce fraction of the edition of 25 are estimated to have survived to date.
Stone lithograph of Jules Chéret’s Musée Grévin...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Quinquina Dubonnet, Belle Epoque aperitif lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful red-haired woman enjoys a Quinquina Dubonnet aperitif with her white cat companion. In early advertising, artists commonly used a redhead as an example of modern-thinking...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 sepia lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henr...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Thy Kingdom Come 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
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala 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 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
Le Pater: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" 1899 mystical lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha's hand-colored pochoir illuminated manuscript plate of Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us from his masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pate...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
