Poster for the Librairie Romantique

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A woman dressed in the 1830s fashion reads from a book as Notre-Dame stands in the background

Poster for the Librairie Romantique.

(Plate 42.)

Artist

Name:: Grasset, Eugène
Dates:: 1845-1917
Country:: Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library

Periodical

Title:: Les maîtres de l'affiche, vol. 1
Author:: Marx, Roger
Publisher:: Paris: Imprimerie Chaix, 1896

Description:

A woman dressed in the fashion of the 1830s is seen from behind reading from a large book and reclining on a block of lettering as Notre-Dame Cathedral stands in the background and a skull lies at her feet, adding to the Romantic atmosphere. This poster was commissioned by bookstore owner and publisher Ed. Monnier to advertise a series of books pertaining to Romanticism, the lettering changing accordingly.

The caption reads in the original French: Affiche pour la Librairie Romantique.

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