Firmin Bouisset (1859-1925) - Bouquetière, de « L'Estampe Moderne » (n° 21, janvier 1899)






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A colour lithography on vellum paper by Firmin Bouisset, titled Bouquetière from L'Estampe Moderne (no. 21, January 1899), dating to 1899 in the Art Nouveau style.
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Firmin BOUISSET (French, 1859-1925)
Bouquetière, from “L’Estampe Moderne” (No. 21, January 1899), 1899
Color lithograph on vélin paper
Signed in the stone in the upper left; dry stamp of the publication (profile of a young woman, Lugt 2790) in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: approx. 40 × 30 cm (16 × 12 in.)
Condition: In very good condition, unframed
Plate from L’Estampe Moderne, the famous subscription publication issued monthly in Paris from May 1897 to April 1899 under the direction of Ch. Masson and H. Piazza and printed by Imprimerie Champenois, with each issue offering four original lithographs commissioned especially for the magazine, accompanied by a captioned serpentine border. Bouisset is best known for the 1893 Menier Chocolate poster, the little girl writing the brand in chalk on a wall; childhood was his favored subject, and this little bouquetière stays within that vein.
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Firmin BOUISSET (French, 1859-1925)
Bouquetière, from “L’Estampe Moderne” (No. 21, January 1899), 1899
Color lithograph on vélin paper
Signed in the stone in the upper left; dry stamp of the publication (profile of a young woman, Lugt 2790) in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: approx. 40 × 30 cm (16 × 12 in.)
Condition: In very good condition, unframed
Plate from L’Estampe Moderne, the famous subscription publication issued monthly in Paris from May 1897 to April 1899 under the direction of Ch. Masson and H. Piazza and printed by Imprimerie Champenois, with each issue offering four original lithographs commissioned especially for the magazine, accompanied by a captioned serpentine border. Bouisset is best known for the 1893 Menier Chocolate poster, the little girl writing the brand in chalk on a wall; childhood was his favored subject, and this little bouquetière stays within that vein.
