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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
Lithograph, Paper
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
Ink, Paper
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
Lithograph, Paper
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
Aquatint, Paper
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
Aquatint, Paper
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
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
Death of the Gravedigger by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist lithograph, c. 1900
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Symbolist painter Carlos Schwabe’s oil painting La mort du fossoyeur (The Death of the Gravedigger), 1895, published c. 1900 in Art et déc...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Androgyne, Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Mystical Symbolist illustration, 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
Aquatint, Paper
Woman in hat and stockings, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1922 collotype lithograph of a well-dressed woman in a hat and stockings, created from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch). Published by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vien...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Seated woman, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch) collotype lithograph, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1922 collotype lithograph of a woman draped in fabric, created from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch). Published by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition o...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
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...
Category
1890s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Acquire the people's gask mask", Wartime propaganda poster, c. 1942
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithographic propaganda poster “Acquire the people’s gas mask”, c. 1942.
“Protection against possible attacks with chemical warfare agents played an important role in air defense f...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Whitechapel, German Expressionist silent film advertisement lithograph, 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Original German Expressionist advertisement lithograph by Otto Arpke and Erich Stahl for E.A. Dupont’s lost 1920 silent film Whitechapel. While no known copie...
Category
1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lenti Radio-Attive, Art Nouveau Ricordi Portfolio advertisement lithograph, 1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph for Luigi Emilio Caldanzano’s Art Nouveau advertisement for Lenti Radio-Attive, which marketed “radioactive” eyeglass lenses claim...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau 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...
Category
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...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's "Figures Decoratives" 1905 Art Nouveau Lithograph, Plate 37
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate 37 from Alphonse Mucha's Figures Decoratives, a folio of forty color lithographic plates published by Librairie centrale des beaux-arts in 1905.
Issued during a period of incr...
Category
Early 1900s 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
