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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ALFRED CHOUBRAC (1853-1902) NECTAR BOURGUIGNON. 1891. 60 1/2x39 inches, 154x99 cm. F. Appel, Paris. Condition B+ / B: losses in left margins, affecting image; unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds. Alfred Choubrac and his brother Leon were among the pioneers of color lithography in France. In the 1870s and early 1880s they were competing heavily with Jules Cheret for commissions. When Leon died prematurely, in 1885, his brother went on to become the Art Director for the large Parisian printing firm Appel from which position he also continued to design posters. Some of his works from this period are signed; others, such as this one, are not. Choubrac's style, however, is unmistakable. And here he creates a delectable image of a flirtatious woman offering a drink to a statue of a satyr (a visual conceit which was reused time and again by future designers, including Cappiello). DFP II 273, Maidron 53, Reims 567.
