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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
EUGENE GRASSET (1841-1917) MASSON / CHOCOLAT MEXICAIN. 1897. 24 3/4x19 inches, 63x48 cm. De Vaugirard, G. de Malherbe, Paris. Condition A. This classically ornamented composition, augmented with Grasset's own typography, is an unusually warm and sensuous scene of a mother and her child, elegantly attired in classic Art Nouveau dresses. In fact, the scene is more straight forward and commercial than many other of Grasset's works and is reminiscent of similar works by Mucha (Chocolat Ideal, 1897) and Steinlen (Compagnie Francaise des Thes et Chocolats, 1895), both of which also feature women and children. DFP-II 416, Arwas p. 37, Murray-Robertson p. 107, Chocolat p. 39.
