Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
Immortalité, 1898
Lithograph on wove paper
Signed on the plate lower left margin
L'Estampe Moderne's blind stamp on the bottom right corner
Dimensions:
+Size of the sheet : 40,8 x 30,5 cm / 16 x 12 in.
+Size of the image : 34,7 x 24,5 cm / 13,6 x 9,6 in.
Condition: In overall good condition with some minor stains and some soft handling creases at edges. Some minor defects in the lower and the right margins. Image very clean otherwise. Tipped-on
paper.
Published by Masson & Piazza, Paris.
Not unlike the Maitre de L'Affiche series, L'Estampe Moderne was a portfolio printed between 1897-98, published by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris, contained 24 monthly portfolios, with four original
lithographs in each. Each was commissioned only for this series.
As well as Mucha, some of the contributing artists included Rhead, Meunier, Ibels, Steinlen, Willette and Grasset.