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CARLOS SCHWABE (1866-1926) SALON ROSE CROIX. 1892. 70 1/2x31 inches, 179x78 3/4 cm. Draeger & Lesieur, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image and along vertical fold; small losses and restoration in lower image and text; slight foxing in image. Two-sheets. The Rose + Croix, founded by art critic and mystic Joséphin Péladan, was a movement that sought a return to the beautiful and ideal in art based on the principles of Catholicism. The guidelines of the movement were so limited that it never spread further than a tiny, ephemeral circle. Jane Abdy describes this poster as a symbol of all the Rose + Croix principles: "The two female figures symbolize purity and faith, and they climb a flower-strewn staircase to heaven. Humanity, a luckless creature, who perhaps admired the impressionists, is chained inside a murky pool. The poster is coldly printed in blue on white paper" (Abdy p. 165). Schwabe was a successful wallpaper designer, illustrator and painter who is known to have designed at least one other poster. Weill p. 39 no. 54, Abdy p. 165, Modern Poster 27, Meisterplakate 201.
