Description: ART NOUVEAU / JUGENDSTIL / SECESSION CLASSIC!! THE POSTER EXTEMELY RARE PRIVAT LIVEMONT LITHOGRAPHS One of the most beautiful art journals ever printedThe Poster was the most important journal in English devoted to the art of the poster. In addition to containing over 3,000 images (several in colour), it included interviews with and profiles of many of the leading names in poster design including Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Alphonse Mucha, Ethel Reed, Maxfield Parrish, Paul Berthon, Will Bradley, Arpad Basch, Jules Chéret, Jack B. Yeats, Aubrey Beardsley, the Beggarstaff Brothers, etc. The Poster also includes articles on poster art in Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the USA, etc., as well as articles on specific aspects of the poster, including bicycle posters, political posters, railroad posters, theatre posters, the poster as a mirror of life, plagiarism in poster design, symbolism in advertising, etc. A complete file of The Poster is exceptionally rare, and because this journal has never been indexed, these articles are little known. Published in BRITAIN in 1898 Leyton, Essex, England: E. R. Alexander & Sons; London, England: Hugh Macleay Original Issue FeaturingAMAZING FULL PAGE ALPHONSE MUCHA MASTERPIECE!! Also a Rare and only published here, Caricature of Alphonse Mucha Will True Cover Lithograph Arpad Basch Article with Illustrations Posters From Japan with illustrations - Rare French Posters with Illustrations Article on Gleeson White Illustrated Article on Ethel Reed American Posters with Illustrations and much, much more... EXTREMELY RARE AND BEAUTIFULOriginal Issue - Not a modern reprint PRINTED IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES HENCE ITS SCARCITY TODAY Very Scarce ORIGINAL WRAPS STILL PRESENT!! CLASSIC ART NOUVEAU!! This wonderfully illustrated book is rarely seen It is full of Art Nouveau artwork! Very Good Condition see photos - edges of cover a little darkened - All pages present - over 120 years old Absolutely fantastic!! It is full of fabulous Art Nouveau style Illustrations!! The artists in this magazine were contemporary with Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser and Fernand Khnopff, Jessie M. King, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Ricketts, Edward Burne Jones, William Morris and the Kelmscott Press, James McNeill Whistler, Will Bradley, Walter Crane, Loius Rhead, Paul Berthon, Privat Livemont, Alphonse Mucha and others who illustrated posters printed by Maitres de L'Affiche, Laurence Housman, Charles Rene Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art, Talwin Morris, Katherine Cameron, C.R. Ashbee, Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson, Edmund Sullivan, Anning Bell, Harry Clarke, Eric Gill and many, many others!! Overall in the best condition one could expect from a magazine/book of this age, see photo's, overall very nice indeed! Very Important Book! Very Good Condition!! CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER INTERESTING ILLUSTRATED ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO AND ARTS AND CRAFTS BOOKS!! The successful bidder to pay $9.95 Priority shipping or $4.00 media mail - International extra. Utah residents to pay 5.95% sales tax
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Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Type: Poster
Year of Production: 1898
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Style: Art Nouveau
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: art nouveau
