ORIGINAL HUGE COLOR PRINTED COVERS. RARE LIMITED EDN ORIGINAL 1896 DELUXE COLOR COVERS From Les Maitres De L’Affiche The Famous Art Nouveau Poster Publication This is just the cover and the dated prelims from volume 1 published in 1896 – (No posters of course) Important and Sought After Original Illustrated Covers from the Rare and Scarce Publication PAUL BERTHON AT HIS BEST!! Published in Paris in 1896. Designed and Illustrated by PAUL BERTHON Les Maitres De L’Affiche – similar to Les Affiches Etrangeres, was printed in 1896 Among the artists represented in the series are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha, Eugene Grasset, Fernand Toussaint, Dudley Hardy, Louis Rhead, Ethel Reed, Armand Rassenfosse, Henri Meunier, Edward Penfield, Henri Privat-Livemont, Will Bradley, Arthur Wesley Dow, and many more. This cover complete with the original spine was Designed by the famous Paul Berthon Condition: Excellent Markings: Title Page from the 1st Volume still attached internally. CLASSIC AND FAMOUS ART NOUVEAU FRENCH MASTERPIECE WILL LOOK STUNNING FRAMED! This is an Original (Not a modern copy) early, classic and sought after Color Cover from 1896. Rarely Seen – Scarce and Sought After. The French Art Nouveau movement of course was contemporary with Lefler and Urban, Jessie M. King, Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Ricketts, Edward Burne Jones, William Morris and the Kelmscott Press, Gustave Dore, James McNeill Whistler, Will Bradley, Walter Crane, Loius Rhead, Eugene Grasset, Privat Livemont, and others. Original – Very Good – Fine Condition. A great addition to the quality arts and crafts/art nouveau collection!! CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER INTERESTING ILLUSTRATED ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO AND ARTS AND CRAFTS BOOKS AND SOME PIECES OF CLARICE CLIFF! The item “XRARE PAUL BERTHON 1896 ORIGINAL ART NOUVEAU HUGE COVER MAITRES DE L’AFFICHE WOW” is in sale since Saturday, July 24, 2021. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “distinctivebooks” and is located in Mona, Utah. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Style: Art Nouveau
- Year of Production: 1897
- Original/Licensed Reprint: Original