Lotto 3945

Grasset, Eugène (1841-1917). Les mois.

Paris, G. de Malherbe, n.d. (1894), 12 chromolithogr. plates for a calendar, each ±20,5x15,5 cm. (32x24,5 leaf), each monogrammed "EG" on the stone, each leaf w. 2 sm. holes in upper blank margin for a binding cord, loose as issued in orig. printed wr.

Lotto: 3945
Asta: Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
Sezione: FINE ARTS - MODERN ART. PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS
Stima: 500 € – 700 €
Aggiudicato: 500 €
Foto: 1 foto

Condizioni

Plates sl. foxed in margins. Wr. sl. foxed/ stained; joints splitting.

Note

Eugene Grasset designed this calendar as a decorative graphic; it was published without text (just the names of the months) in a special issue (dedicated to Grasset's work) of the artistic review La Plume, 15 May 1894. Each month shows a young woman gardening in a dress appropriate for that time of the year, its pattern consisting of a repetition of the specific month's zodiac sign. In 1896, the images were used by the Paris department store, La Belle Jardinière, with the store's name, address and calendars completely filled in on all the sheets. Murray-Robertson p.201ff.