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Poster for Les Arts de la Femme
1895
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; brush and spatter lithograph with scraper work printed in brown, yellow and gray on brown paper
Dimensions
120.5 x 80 cm (47 7/16 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number69.1154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Descriptionan exhibition organized by the Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs at the "Palais de l'Industrie - Porte VII"
Printed by Charles Verneau, Paris
Text (verbatim transcription of lettering): "UNION CENTRALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS / Les ARTS de la FEMME / 2eme / Exposition / 27 Avril = 10 Juin / PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE - PORTE VII"
Condition: backed with rice paper; slightly discolored around the edges; tear out of lower left corner which has been repaired
Printed by Charles Verneau, Paris
Text (verbatim transcription of lettering): "UNION CENTRALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS / Les ARTS de la FEMME / 2eme / Exposition / 27 Avril = 10 Juin / PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE - PORTE VII"
Condition: backed with rice paper; slightly discolored around the edges; tear out of lower left corner which has been repaired
InscriptionsInscriptions: l.l., in stone, "Imp. Charles Verneau . 114 rue Oberkampf . Paris"; l.l., in stone "EMN / 95" (artist monogram in circle). Other marks/inscriptions: u.c., stamped in black ink, "République Française / Seine / 20 cent." (fiscal tax stamp for posters); l.l., stamped in purple ink, "Affiches illustrées / Sagot / 39bis, r, de Chateaudun / Paris".
Later inscriptions or marks: [As described] | | |
Later inscriptions or marks: [As described] | | |
Provenance1969, sold by Wheaton A. Holden, Millis, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 15, 1969)