Poster, Manuel Orazi, La Maison Moderne, Paris, 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1900
Manuel Orazi La Maison Moderne vintage poster 1900 sight: 31.5 h x 45 w in (80 x 114 cm) Julius Meier-Graefe's La Maison Moderne opened in 1899 as a competitor of Bing's Maison de l'Art Nouveau, both high-end art dealers focusing on the latest in new, modern art-which, at the time, included the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Felix Aubert, and Pierre Selmersheim.
The Maison, however, had a generally younger clientele and was more at the forefront of the movement than Bing's. Orazi, the master lithographer and designer featured at the gallery, created one of the most brilliant masterpieces of the era to promote the gallery. The model-dance celebrity Cleo de Merode-sits in serene stillness, surrounded by all manner of delicate object d'art, from elaborate combs to fanciful lamps, curious statues to languid glassware. These are the works of Alexander Carpenter, Maurice Dufrene, Adrien Dalpayrat, Henry van de Velde, Gustave Gurschner, and Joseph Mendes da Costa. It's a tour de force in graphic design! Imp.
J. Minot, Paris Literature: DFP-II, 676; Musee d'Affiche, 57; Weill, 51; Wagner, 80; Abdy, p. 162; PAI-LXXXV, 400 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
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- 80 x 114 cm
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- Candidate id
- inv-207097835
- Auction house
- Poster Auctions International Inc
- Listing object ID
- 207097835
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