Louis Raemaekers - Big collection - 1916-1917

Exceptional and Complete Collection – Louis Raemaekers (1869–1956)

Louis Raemaekers' work during the war – a unique collection with 100 numbered plates + additional historical documents (1914–1918)
Edition: no. 319/350, numbered in pencil and signed on the plate.
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Historical context
Louis Raemaekers was during World War I the most famous political cartoonist in Europe. His accusations against German war crimes were spread internationally and had a huge impact on public opinion in France, Great Britain, and the United States. His work was so influential that Germany even put a bounty on his head.
The collection offered here belongs to his most important, most prestigious, and most sought-after editions: the complete luxury portfolio L’Œuvre de Louis Raemaekers pendant la Guerre with 100 large plates, published in Paris circa 1916. Due to high production costs, the edition was limited to only 350 numbered copies.
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Collection Contents
The collection consists of 7 individual components that together form a unique historical entity.
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Luxury wallet with 100 numbered plates
Print run: 350 copies – Your copy: No. 319/350
A complete set of 100 large plates
• Allen numbered in pencil (319/350)
All plates in the plate signed: 'Louis Raemaekers'.
Dimensions of print: 37 × 22 cm
Mounted on the original thick cardboard, with title and number printed on the cardboard.
• Cardboard size: 50 × 36 cm
The portfolio map itself is damaged, but all plates are in exceptional, sharp, and fresh condition.
This is the core piece of the collection and is already extremely rare in itself.
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Original catalog (1916)
The work of Louis Raemaekers during the war
Blue edition, 20 × 14 cm
Dated 1916
Rarely preserved – documents the precise origin of the portfolio.
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Original invitation – Dinner offered to Louis Raemaeckers (Steinlen & Châtillon), 1916
Large size: 42 × 28 cm open
Front illustrated by Théophile Steinlen, back by Pierre Châtillon.
Held at the official tribute dinner in Paris in February 1916.
One of the most sought-after Raemaekers documents.
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Invitation catalog – Matinée of February 24, 1916, Trocadéro.
Size: 32 × 24 cm
Beautiful typography and illustration
Document of historical importance regarding the recognition of Raemaekers in France.
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Large lithograph (originally printed, signed in the plate)
Two soldiers in a bayonet and sabre fight.
Dimensions: 52 × 36 cm
In strong, high-contrast print – excellent condition
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6) Complete series of 6 Cahiers 'The Pinnacle of Civilization' – 1915
Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam
Series 1 through 6 complete, each with 12 large black-and-white lithographs.
Very influential anti-German war prints
Complete series in good condition are rare and highly sought after.
RAEMAEKERS Louis
The Pinnacle of Civilization: drawings by Louis Raemaekers from the years of the world war. Portfolio with 7 editions.
Amsterdam: Publisher's Society 'Elsevier', 1916. Seven volumes, each containing 12 monochrome illustrations on 6 leaves and an original lithograph wrapper by L. RAEMAEKERS. Each issue in illustrated soft covers, sewn with thread, some being worn and loose. Moderately soiled and age-toned. Each has 12 lithographs, captioned in Dutch, English, and French. Some later ones also captioned in German. Printed on both sides of the pages. 1. First series - Seventh Edition 1915 - has more obvious soiling to the front (see photos). 2. Second series - Sixth Edition 1916. 3. Third series - Fifth Edition 1915. 4. Fourth series - Fourth Edition 1916. 5. Fifth series - Third Edition 1916. 6. Sixth series - First Edition 1916. 7. Seventh series - First Edition 1918. Raemaekers (1869 – 1956) became widely known as a political cartoonist during the First World War, initially with his prints in De Telegraaf, later for the publications he made for the British propaganda agency Wellington House. After his death in July 1956, an obituary appeared in The Times: 'It has been said that Louis Raemaekers was the only private individual who exerted a real and great influence on the course of the First World War. There were a dozen people—emperors, kings, statesmen, and military leaders—who unquestionably shaped policy and were in charge. But outside that circle of greats, Louis Raemaekers was the only man who, without title or status – and without any doubt – determined the destiny of the nations.'
410 by 320mm (16¼ by 12½ inches).
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Approximately 10 original newspaper extracts (1915–1917)
Including, among others, Le Journal – December 29, 1916 edition.
With original publications of Raemaekers' anti-German satirical cartoons.
These original newspapers are becoming increasingly rare due to the fragility of the paper.
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General Historical Importance
This collection represents:
The most important anti-war artist of World War I.
A fully preserved historical corpus from 1915-1916.
• Both luxury print art (the 100 plates), publisher documents, exhibition materials, propagandistic notebooks, and original periodicals.
Combinations of this level rarely appear on the market.