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EUGENE OGÉ (1869-1936) LA MENTHE PASTILLE. 1913. 46 1/2 x 62 1/2 inches. Vercasson. Paris. Condition B+: repaired tear through right margin into image; abrasions in image. Ogé spent a long time as an apprentice to the printer Charles Verneau, and by 1894, he signed his first poster. His style was based on humorous and often crude caricatures of naughty children, people of the world in their native costumes, and his favorite device, pillorying royalty and politicians. After he designed his virulently anti-clerical poster for La Lanterne in 1902 (see Swann Art Nouveau Auction #2099, lot 43), he was forced to leave Verneau, but was immediately taken in by another printer, Vercasson, where he continued his successful and prolific career. In all, he designed three different posters for this mint-flavored liqueur. In 1909, he designed an image featuring the international tribunal in the Hague, where many world presidents and kings are making or breaking alliances and coalitions. In 1913, he revisited the same idea and merely updated the attendance, replacing those personages who had passed away with their contemporary replacements (including Wilhelm II and George V). He also included a new slogan, replacing the original "empassions the world," with the disturbingly optimistic "saved from the peril." Ogé 240, p. 225.
