1956rif. KFZZQ100128Sanshengtang Bookstore 1956. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100128 Sanshengtang Bookstore paperback
1997rif. 2092902140305901Kodansha 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kodansha paperback
1985rif. DYTWW10414Broadcasting network 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books£º1 Broadcasting network paperback
1995rif. BN515347Volvov Globator 1995. 1995. Hardcover. Otcenas Otcenas Alphonse Mucha Volvov Globator hardcover
1901rif. 4573Original monochrome lithograph.18.2 x 13 in mat 17 x 20 in. Librairie Central des Beaux Arts
rif. 0856701610.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1975rif. 91905New York NY: Harmony Books 1975. 9th Printing . Oversized Softcover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Forty five full page posters in her distinctive Art Deco style ready to be framed. From the collection of Sandy Burr and Sandy Val Graphics Ltd. Pages and posters are clean but yellowed with age. Binding has been reglued and pages are now secure/tight. Covers are sunned/finger soiled/ scuffed with several faint scrapes. Shelfwear faint 3" crease to upper front panel very heavy rubbing/fraying with several small splits/dents/creases to spine nicking/bumping to edges heavy rubbing ot extremities. Nic ereading copy. Harmony Books paperback
1898rif. 74926Alphonse Mucha Vérola Paul. Rama: Poème dramatique en trois Actes. 1898 5 full-page color plates by Alphonse Mucha hand-colored First edition of this dramatic poem in three acts 8vo 28.5 x 22.5 cm paperback printed wrappers slipcase. Copy inscribed by the author: "To Monsieur Perrin with warmest regards Paul Vérola." Limited edition of 400 copies this being one of 385 on wove paper no. 328. Partially detached spine split some soiling and marks to the cover. Half-title slightly browned. Interior very fresh. paperback
1980rif. 26050España: Dover Publications 1980. Tapa Blanda. Muy bien. 31x24. 9780486240442Dover PublicationsEspaña198031x24cm.0pp.Tapa blandaEstado=Muy bienRaro portfolio del sumo sacerdote del Art Nouveau. Joyería papel pintado vidrieras muebles estudios de figuras motivos vegetales y animales mucho más. Esta edición las 72 impresionantes láminas de 'Documents Décoratifs' en su color original. Edición David M. H. Kern. Prólogo Gabriel Mourey. Rústica. Texto: Inglés. Sin paginar. Dover Publications unknown
rif. B9781013361074Hardback. New. hardcover
rif. 14366Affiche originale 800 x 605 mm, impression lithographique, entoilée, sous encadrement moderne, baguette verte de même ton que limpression. Petite trace dune déchirure au niveau des mots « moderne » et « recueil », très proprement recollée lors de lentoilage, parfait état par ailleurs.
1995rif. BN89554Wiesbaden ; Berlin : Bauverl. 1995. 1995. Holzbrücken : statische Systeme Konstruktionsdetails Beispiele. Wiesbaden ; Berlin : Bauverl. unknown
1921rif. 7984The Brooklyn Museum 1921. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon 1921 Brooklyn Museum catalogue of Alfons Mucha's epic series of paintings portraying the "development of the Slavic nations". A VG octavo in its ribbon-tied light-brown wrappers with very light creasing to the front panel and a very light trace of soiling at the foot of several of the pages not at all afffecting the plates which are bright and immaculate. This 1st edition limited to 5000 copies. The Brooklyn Museum unknown books
1994rif. 50147Much Foundation in Zusammenarbeit mit Malcolm Saunders Publ.1994. origi.Broschur, 4°, 111 Seiten. Mit 22 Skizze des Kalenders fü rdie Zeitschrift "La Plume".
1897rif. 73887Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1897. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris s. d. Mai 1897 22 x 38 cm une feuille et une serpente ""L'incantation"" Salammbô Original lithograph on papier japon L'Estampe Moderne L'Estampe Moderne Imprimerie Champenois for C H Masson & H Piazza Paris june 1897 subject: 23.5 x 33 cm plate: 40.8 x 55 cm one leaf and one captioned silk tissue Rare Alphonse Mucha color lithograph heightened with gold for L'Estampe Moderne 'The free first prize reserved to subscribers to a whole annual run of L'Estampe Moderne'. One of 50 'grand luxe' prints with wide margins signed by the artist in the plate publisher's stamp to lower margin de luxe printing numbered stamp to verso upper margin slightly sunned; the plate itself preceded by a silk tissue with the name of the artist title a poem and a caption - a tear to the tissue not affecting the text. A lithograph inspired by Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô with a excerpt from the novel printed on the silk protective paper: And Salammbô went out onto the balcony of her palace. L'Estampe moderne was a magnificent monthly French publication published between May 1897 and April 1899. It included unpublished chromolithographs specially made by each artist for the magazine as mentioned on the protective silk tissue over each plate unlike other publications such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche. 100 prints were published in total covering major artistic movements of the late 19th-century: Symbolism Art Nouveau Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and Belle époque'. 2000 copies were printed of each fascicule containing four prints and sold for 3.50F. 100 copies were printed on papier japon for 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a very luxurious secret print of 50 copies on papier japon with wide margins and 50 in black and white on papier chine at the considerable price of 30F. This well-sized print is superbly printed in colors on the most prestigious of papers: japon. Thick creamy satin and with a nice sheen it contributes to making each page a work of art in itself. Its qualities of absorption and its affinity for colors make it the ideal support for these lovely lithographs. The interest of French collectors for artistic posters grew from the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne invented a term for this new form of collection: affichomanie' or poster mania. The initially common poster displayed in the streets of Paris became a work of art and its ephemeral material became precious and made to last. Piazza decided to separate the poster from its advertising role and to elevate it to a form of art similarly to luxury illustrated artists' books. He put together a prestigious collection of entirely original artworks by the most fashionable European artists: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. He also included in this project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfonse Mucha who has only recently become active in France but immediately carved out for himself the affection of the public. Like his posters which everyone knows and covets he shows us here the varied resources of his multifaceted talents as accomplished draughstman decorator and colorist from the notes printed on the silk protective paper of Salomé. The two first special numbers of the journal were in fact dedicated to him and were given to all the subscribers for all twelve annual numbers of L'Estampe moderne as well as the famous illustration of the covers. A fine signed plate by the master of Art nouveau. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
1897rif. 73919Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1897. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris Juin 1897 23.50 x 33 cm une feuille ""Salomé"" - Original lithograph on China paper - L'Estampe Moderne L'Estampe Moderne Imprimerie Champenois for C H Masson & H Piazza Paris june 1897 subject: 23.5 x 33 cm plate: 40.8 x 55 cm one leaf and one guard Rare original black and white lithograph by Alphonse Mucha for L'Estampe Moderne series number 2 published in June 1897. One of the 50 grand luxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins signed and dated by the artist in the plate. Embossed stamp of the publisher showing a child in profile to lower margin laid down on a leaf of vélin paper with the numbered stamp of the tirage de luxe to verso occasional spotting to margins not touching image blank guard. A magnificent monthly French publication that appeared between May 1897 and April 1899 L'Estampe moderne comprised unpublished chromolithographs that unlike those in other magazines like Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as is stipulated on the guard sheets were specially made by each artist for the magazine. There are thus 100 prints that appeared in total covering the major artistic currents of the late 19th Century: Symbolism Art Nouveau the Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and the Belle époque. Each fascicule of four prints was printed in 2000 copies and sold for 3.50F with 100 on Japan paper sold at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a very luxurious secret printing of 50 copies on Japan paper with wide margins and 50 in black and white on China paper at the considerable price of 30F. This well-sized print is superbly printed in colors on the most prestigious of papers: Japan. Thick creamy satin and with a nice sheen it contributes to making each page a work of art in itself. Its absorptive qualities for ink and its affinity for colors make it the ideal support for these lovely lithographs. The interest of French collectors for artistic posters grew from the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne invented a term for this growing interest: affichomanie or poster mania. The poster originally not rare and posted up in the streets of the capital thus became a work of art and its ephemeral background became precious and essential for conservation. Piazza decided to extract the poster from its advertising role and to elevate it to a form of art similarly to luxury illustrated artists' books. He thus put together a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most fashionable European artists of the age: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. He also included in this project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfonse Mucha who has only recently become active in France but who has immediately carved out for himself the affection of the public. Like in his posters which everyone knows and covets he shows us here the varied resources of his multifaceted talents as accomplished draughstman decorator and colorist from the notes printed on the guard for Salomé. The two first special numbers of the review were in fact dedicated to him and were given to all the subscribers for all twelve annual numbers of L'Estampe moderne as well as the famous illustration of the covers. A fine signed plate by the master of Art nouveau. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
1897rif. 73918Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1897. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris s. d. Juin 1897 23.50 x 33 cm une feuille et une serpente Salomé Original lithograph on papier japon L'Estampe ModerneL'Estampe Moderne Imprimerie Champenois for C. H. Masson & H. Piazza Paris June 1897 subject: 23.5 x 33 cm plate: 40.8 x 55 cm one leaf and one captioned silk tissue Rare Alphonse Mucha color lithograph heightened with gold for L'Estampe Moderne series number 2 published in June 1897. One of 50 grand luxe proofs printed on papier japon with wide margins signed by the artist in the plate publisher's stamp to lower margin de luxe printing numbered stamp to verso upper margin slightly sunned; the plate itself preceded by a silk tissue with the name of the artist title a poem and a caption. L'Estampe moderne was a magnificent monthly French publication published between May 1897 and April 1899. It included unpublished chromolithographs specially made by each artist for the magazine as mentioned on the protective silk tissue over each plate unlike other publications such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche. 100 prints were published in total covering major artistic movements of the late 19th-century: Symbolism Art Nouveau Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and Belle époque'. 2000 copies were printed of each fascicule containing four prints and sold for 3.50F. 100 copies were printed on papier japon for 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a very luxurious secret printing of 50 copies on papier japon with wide margins and 50 in black and white on papier chine at the considerable price of 30F. This well-sized print is superbly printed in colors on the most prestigious of papers: japon. Thick creamy satin and with a nice sheen it contributes to making each page a work of art in itself. Its qualities of absorption and its affinity for colors make it the ideal support for these lovely lithographs. The interest of French collectors for artistic posters grew from the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne invented a term for this new form of collection: affichomanie' or poster mania. The initially common poster displayed in the streets of Paris became a work of art and its ephemeral material became precious and made to last. Piazza decided to separate the poster from its advertising role and to elevate it to a form of art similarly to luxury illustrated artists' books. He put together a prestigious collection of entirely original artworks by the most fashionable European artists: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. He also included in this project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfonse Mucha who has only recently become active in France but immediately carved out for himself the affection of the public. Like his posters which everyone knows and covets he shows us here the varied resources of his multifaceted talents as accomplished draughstman decorator and colorist from the notes printed on the silk protective paper of Salomé. The two first special numbers of the journal were in fact dedicated to him and were given to all the subscribers for all twelve annual numbers of L'Estampe moderne as well as the famous illustration of the covers. A fine signed plate by the master of Art nouveau. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
rif. BN412771Nikol. Alfons Mucha - Notizbuch: liniert mit farbigen Abbildungen Alfons Mucha - Notizbuch: liniert mit farbigen Abbildungen Alfons Mucha Nikol unknown
2013rif. BN582256Slovart 2013. 2013. Hardcover. Alfons Mucha Alfons Mucha Alfons Mucha Slovart hardcover
1900rif. 81385Paris: Calmann Lévy 1900. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1900 14.50 x 21 cm relié Calmann Lévy Paris 1900 145 x 21 cm half morocco First edition with 13 original illustrations by Alfons Mucha the cover 7 hors-text and 5 banners one of 50 numbered copies on China paper the tirage de tête deluxe copies. Binding in half orange morocco gilt date at the foot of the spine frame of black fillets on the marbled paper boards endpapers in the same marbled paper illustrated covers and spine preserved contemporary binding signed Champs-Stroobants. Pleasant attractively set copy including as stipulated in the print justification its double series of engravings: in colour and line drawings. Calmann Lévy hardcover
1898rif. 74376Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1898. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris Avril 1898 41 x 56 cm une feuille Original black and white print with wide margins serving as the cover for the celebrated monthly publication L'Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black our print is the cover for the rare luxury volume binding with wide margins of the first year of publication. Artist's signature in the plate and deluxe edition number added in pencil. Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899 L'Estampe Moderne consists of original chromolithographs which unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards were created specially by each artist for the magazine. Thus 100 prints appeared in total covering the major artistic movements of the late 19th century: Symbolism Art Nouveau Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and Belle Époque. Each issue of four prints was printed in 2000 copies sold for 3.50F and 100 on Japan paper offered at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a confidential deluxe printing: 50 copies on Japan paper with wide margins and 50 in black on China paper at the considerable price of 30F. French collectors' interest in artistic posters increased at the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne to describe this fever invented the term ""affichomanie."" The poster originally popular and posted in the streets of the capital then became an art object and its ephemeral medium became precious and destined for preservation. Piazza decided to remove the poster from its advertising purpose and elevate it to the rank of a complete work of art on the same level as the luxury illustrated book. He thus composed a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most prominent European artists of the moment: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. The publisher also integrated into his project a Czech artist who had recently arrived in Paris Alfons Mucha ""qui s'est révélé depuis peu en France et qui a conquis d'emblée une si grande place dans la faveur du public. Comme dans ses affiches que tout le monde connaît et recherche il nous montre ici les ressources variées de son talent multiple et sûr de dessinateur de décorateur et de coloriste."" ""who has recently emerged in France and who has immediately won such a great place in public favor. As in his posters which everyone knows and seeks he shows us here the varied resources of his multiple and sure talent as a draftsman decorator and colorist."" caption printed on the tissue guard of Salomé. It was moreover to him that the first premium of the magazine was entrusted offered ""à tous les souscripteurs des douze livraisons annuelles de L'Estampe moderne"" ""to all subscribers of the twelve annual issues of L'Estampe Moderne"" as well as the famous illustration of the covers. A very handsome copy. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
1898rif. 74576Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1898. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris Septembre 1898 41 x 56 cm une feuille Original black and white print with wide margins serving as cover for the celebrated monthly publication L'Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black our print is the cover of the rare deluxe wide-margined volume gathering of the first year of publication. Artist's signature in the plate and deluxe edition number added in pencil. Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899 L'Estampe Moderne consists of original chromolithographs which unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards were created specially by each artist for the magazine. Thus 100 prints appeared in total covering the major artistic movements of the late 19th century: Symbolism Art Nouveau Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and Belle Époque. Each issue of four prints was printed in 2000 copies sold at 3.50F and 100 on Japan paper offered at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a confidential deluxe printing: 50 copies on wide-margined Japan and 50 in black on China at the considerable price of 30F. French collectors' interest in artistic posters grew at the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne to describe this fever invented the term ""affichomanie."" The poster originally popular and displayed in the streets of the capital then became an art object and its ephemeral medium became precious and destined for preservation. Piazza decided to remove the poster from its advertising purpose and elevate it to the rank of a work of art in its own right on the same level as the deluxe illustrated book. He thus composed a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most prominent European artists of the moment: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. The publisher also integrated into his project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfons Mucha ""who has recently revealed himself in France and who has immediately conquered such a great place in public favor. As in his posters which everyone knows and seeks he shows us here the varied resources of his multiple and sure talent as a draftsman decorator and colorist."" caption printed on the tissue guard of Salomé. It was moreover to him that the first premium of the magazine was entrusted offered ""to all subscribers of the twelve annual issues of L'Estampe Moderne"" as well as the famous cover illustration. Very fine copy. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
1898rif. 74327Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1898. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris Février 1898 41 x 56 cm une feuille Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n°10 February 1898 L'Estampe Moderne Imprimerie Champenois for C. H. Masson & H. Piazza Paris February 1898 41 x 56 cm one leaf Original print in black and white with large margins serving as the cover for the famous monthly publication Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black and white our print is the cover of the rare collation in large-margin luxury print of the first year of publication. Artist's signature on the board and number of the tirage de luxe added in pencil. A magnificent monthly French publication that appeared between May 1897 and April 1899 L'Estampe moderne comprised unpublished chromolithographs that unlike those in other magazines like Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as is stipulated on the guard sheets were specially made by each artist for the magazine. There are thus 100 prints that appeared in total covering the major artistic currents of the late 19th Century: Symbolism Art Nouveau the Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and the Belle époque. Each fascicule of four prints was printed in 2000 copies and sold for 3.50F with 100 on Japan paper sold at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a very luxurious secret printing of 50 copies on Japan paper with wide margins and 50 in black and white on China paper at the considerable price of 30F. This well-sized print is superbly printed in colors on the most prestigious of papers: Japan. Thick creamy satin and with a nice sheen it contributes to making each page a work of art in itself. Its absorptive qualities for ink and its affinity for colors make it the ideal support for these lovely lithographs.The interest of French collectors for artistic posters grew from the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne invented a term for this growing interest: affichomanie or poster mania. The poster originally not rare and posted up in the streets of the capital thus became a work of art and its ephemeral background became precious and essential for conservation.Piazza decided to extract the poster from its advertising role and to elevate it to a form of art similarly to luxury illustrated artists' books. He thus put together a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most fashionable European artists of the age: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc.He also included in this project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfonse Mucha who has only recently become active in France but who has immediately carved out for himself the affection of the public. Like in his posters which everyone knows and covets he shows us here the varied resources of his multifaceted talents as accomplished draughstman decorator and colorist from the notes printed on the guard for Salomé. The two first special numbers of the review were in fact dedicated to him and were given to all the subscribers for all twelve annual numbers of L'Estampe moderne as well as the famous illustration of the covers.A very beautiful copy. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
1898rif. 74326Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1898. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris Janvier 1898 41 x 56 cm une feuille Original black and white print with wide margins serving as cover for the celebrated monthly publication L'Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black our print is the cover of the rare deluxe wide-margined volume gathering of the first year of publication. Artist's signature in the plate and deluxe edition number added in pencil. Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899 L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards were created specifically by each artist for the magazine. Thus 100 prints appeared in total covering the major artistic movements of the late 19th century: Symbolism Art Nouveau Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and Belle Époque. Each issue of four prints was printed in 2000 copies sold at 3.50F and 100 on Japan paper offered at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a confidential deluxe printing: 50 copies on Japan with wide margins and 50 in black on China at the considerable price of 30F. French collectors' interest in artistic posters grew at the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne to describe this fever invented the term ""affichomanie."" The poster originally popular and posted on the streets of the capital then became an art object and its ephemeral medium became precious and destined for preservation. Piazza decided to remove the poster from its advertising vocation and elevate it to the rank of a complete work of art on the same level as the deluxe illustrated book. He thus composed a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most prominent European artists of the moment: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. The publisher also integrated into his project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfons Mucha ""who has recently revealed himself in France and who has immediately conquered such a great place in public favor. As in his posters which everyone knows and seeks he shows us here the varied resources of his multiple and sure talent as draftsman decorator and colorist."" caption printed on the tissue guard of Salomé. It was moreover to him that the first premium of the magazine was entrusted offered ""to all subscribers of the twelve annual issues of L'Estampe moderne"" as well as the famous illustration of the covers. Very handsome copy. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown
1898rif. 74589Paris: Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza 1898. Fine. Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson H. Piazza Paris Octobre 1898 41 x 56 cm une feuille Original black and white print with wide margins serving as the cover for the celebrated monthly publication L'Estampe Moderne. Printed entirely in black our print is the cover of the rare deluxe wide-margin volume compilation of the first year of publication. Artist's signature in the plate and deluxe edition number added in pencil. Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899 L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographies which unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards were created specifically by each artist for the magazine. Thus 100 prints appeared in total covering the major artistic movements of the late 19th century: Symbolism Art Nouveau Pre-Raphaelites Orientalists and Belle Époque. Each installment of four prints was printed in 2000 copies sold at 3.50F and 100 on Japan paper offered at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a confidential deluxe printing: 50 copies on Japan with wide margins and 50 in black on China paper at the considerable price of 30F. French collectors' interest in artistic posters intensified at the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne to describe this fever invented the term ""affichomanie."" The poster originally popular and displayed on the streets of the capital then became an art object and its ephemeral medium became precious and destined for preservation. Piazza decided to remove the poster from its advertising vocation and elevate it to the rank of a work of art in its own right on par with the deluxe illustrated book. He thus composed a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most prominent European artists of the moment: Georges de Feure Eugène Grasset Henri Detouche Emile Berchmans Louis Rhead Gaston de Latenay Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Gustave-Max Stevens Charles Doudelet Hans Christiansen Henri Fantin-Latour Steinlen Ibels Engels Willette Henri Meunier Evenepoël Bellery-Desfontaines Charles Léandre etc. The publisher also integrated into his project a Czech artist freshly arrived in Paris Alfons Mucha ""qui s'est révélé depuis peu en France et qui a conquis d'emblée une si grande place dans la faveur du public. Comme dans ses affiches que tout le monde connaît et recherche il nous montre ici les ressources variées de son talent multiple et sûr de dessinateur de décorateur et de coloriste."" ""who has recently revealed himself in France and who has immediately conquered such a great place in public favor. As in his posters which everyone knows and seeks he shows us here the varied resources of his multiple and sure talent as a draughtsman decorator and colorist."" caption printed on the tissue guard of Salomé. It was indeed to him that the magazine's first premium was entrusted offered ""à tous les souscripteurs des douze livraisons annuelles de L'Estampe moderne"" ""to all subscribers of the twelve annual installments of L'Estampe moderne"" as well as the famous cover illustrations. Very handsome copy. Imprimerie Champenoispour CH. MassonH. Piazza unknown