LA LITHOGRAPHIE EN COULEURS

by Mellerio, Andre // Bonnard, Pierre [Eugene Rouart- association]

First Edition

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Book Description

Paris: L'Estampe et L'affiche, 1898 43pp: An important book in the history of art and printmaking, considered the first "Livre d'artiste" or livre de peintre, with a frontispiece lithograph by Pierre Bonnard and lithographic covers, also by Bonnard. SIGNED BY MELLERIO in a personal inscription to Eugene Rouart (I872-1936). Mellerio's text is a survey of contemporary color lithography, commenting on the major artists, printers and publications of the period (Toulouse Lautrec, Bonnard, Ibels, Vuillard, Denis, K.X. Roussel, Lunoir, Riviere, and many others). The half title bears the inscription by Mellerio, A Monsieur Eugene Rouart, Hommage de confraternité littéraire et de spympathie, /s/ Andre Meillerio. [[Eugene Rouart was a member of a family of writers and artists, one of the founding collectors of Impressionist and post-impressionist art, affiliated by marriage with Edoaurd Manet and associated with Degas and most of the other foremost artists of the period..]]. By the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

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