F. HUGO D'ALESI (1849-1906) EXPOSITION DU CENTENAIRE DE LA LITHOGRAPHIE. 1895.
61x44 inches, 155x111 3/4 cm. Courmont Freres, Paris.
Condition B: repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins and image. Mounted on board. Framed.
To announce an exhibition celebrating the first 100 years of lithography, the Galerie Rapp commissioned four artists to design posters for the event: Puvis de Chavannes, Pal, Paul Maurou and Hugo d'Alesi. Curiously, of the three posters, only the one by Puvis de Chavannes actually includes the date of the exhibition. This rare image by d'Alesi is a stunningly-colored, atmospheric scene of a woman shopping for lithographs in one of the book stalls along the Seine River. In a charming, referential nod to the father of modern lithography, Jules Cheret's 1894 poster for Madame Sans Gene is hanging in front of her as she admires a lithograph by Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet. Maitres pl. 66, DFP-II 16, Reims 115, Abdy p. 2.