ALBERT-EMILE ARTIGUE

(Buenos Aires 15-8-1850/Paris 16-4-1927)

"ALBINE"

1897

TECHNIQUE:     Lithography

DESCRIPTION:

Original lithograph depicting a sleeping beauty surrounded by red roses.

SIZE:   310mm(H) x 410mm(L)   [sheet]

NOTE:

Coloured lithograph printed on heavy wove paper with 

the embossed blind stamp of "L'ESTAMPE MODERNE".

"L'ESTAMPE MODERNE":

Published by Masson & Piazza in Paris, 1897-1898.

Not unlike the "MAÎTRES DE L'AFFICHE" series, L'Estampe Moderne was a portfolio printed between 1897 and 1898 by Imprimerie Champenoise in Paris. It contained 24 monthly portfolios with 4 original lithographs in each.

Each print was commissioned only for this series.

CONDITION: 

In excellent condition.  

Right margin lightly worn on lower part