Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300229135 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"This book offers a welcome opportunity to view the complete suites, and to compare them with the artists' original drawings and trial proofs."--Nancy Campbell, "Times Literary Supplement"--Nancy Campbell"Times Literary Supplement" (10/11/2013)
Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho is curator of prints and drawings at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
This book, based on several years of intensive research into these works and their original context, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Parisian printmaking, from the elite to the street. This publication includes a free color reproduction of Félix Vallotton’s Laziness, 1896 (25 x 33 cm). . The fin-de-sièclewas the heyday of French printmaking. Their modern prints could be seen all over Paris. Produced in deluxe editions as autonomous works of art, they were admired and discussed by connoisseurs and collectors in private and at exhibitions for a select and knowledgeable public. Avant-garde artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec experimented enthusiastically with different graphic techniques to create beau