Artist: STEINLEN Printer: Chaix Imprimerie, Paris Size: 12 x 16″ / 30.5 x 40.6 cm On/Off Linen: Unlined Year: 1895-9 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
LE COUPABLE BY STEINLEN FOR LES MAITRES DE L’AFFICHE
Les Maitres de l’affiche were stone lithographs printed by the Chaix Imprimerie in paris between the years 1895 and 1899. The celebrated the masters of the posters of that period. Paris for 4 plates to arrive every month. The plate is in excellent condition.
Lippincotts – H G Carqueville – Les Maitres de l Affiche, Plate 20 – c. 1896
Original small-format lithograph from the Les Maitres de l Affiche series, plate 20, reproducing H. G. Carqueville’s design for Lippincotts. Issued in Paris by Imprimerie Chaix in the late 1890s, this plate presents Carqueville’s cover illustration in the reduced format characteristic of the series, with the Les Maitres de l Affiche blind stamp in the lower margin. In excellent condition on linen, it is a clean, well-preserved example of American magazine advertising as presented to the European poster-collecting public.
Details
Title: Lippincotts – Les Maitres de l Affiche, Plate 20
Artist: H. G. Carqueville
Date: c. 1896 (Les Maitres de l Affiche series)
Printer/Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix, Paris / Les Maitres de l Affiche
Size: Approx. 11 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. / 29 x 40 cm (sheet)
Print Type: Original color lithograph from Les Maitres de l Affiche (plate 20), with blind stamp in the lower margin
Condition: Excellent; backed on linen, fresh colors, clean image and margins, minimal signs of handling
Comments: Lippincotts magazine design by H. G. Carqueville in the small-format Les Maitres de l Affiche edition; a good example of Carqueville’s work in this important series.
