first edition none
1899 · Paris
by De Feure, George. (1868-1928)
Lithograph. As Published in L'estampe Moderne. With a proof page in purple ink. Printed on Vellum. With wide margins. Paris, Imprimerie Champenois, 1897 Published lithograph printed in purple, red and rust with a proof in purple with a remarque lower right Image 13 x 10 with approximately 16 x 14 full margins Both LITHOGRAPHS as published in the deluxe edition on Japan paper of L'ESTAMPE MODERNE Number 3, signed # 78 on the verso top left for specail edition of 100, juillet 1897 Millman, p.124 L'Estampe Moderne (1897-1898), a more commercial and later version of L'Estampe Originale, was a monthly publication of print portfolios, producing twenty-four issues containing four color lithographs each Only a few prints exhibiting Japanese influence were issued, mostly by minor artists, yet they were equally as beautiful in image as their predecessors Sold framed L'estampe moderne was edited by Charles Masson and H Piazza, and printed and published by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris. Each monthly instalment came in a paper cover (which itself incorporated an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha), and contained four original lithographs Each issue cost 3 francs 50 cents if purchased in Paris (4 francs elsewhere), or you could subscribe by the year for 40 francs in Paris, 43 francs elsewhere Subscribers were tempted with two extra lithographs a year, the "planches de prime" Numero 3, juillet 1897.
(Inventory #: 2707)