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JEAN MISCESLAS PESKÉ (1870-1949) L'ESTAMPE ET L'AFFICHE. 1898 36 1/2x51 inches, 92 1/2x129 1/2 cm. Gerin, Dijon-Paris. Condition B+: minor restored losses, abrasions, restoration and time-staining along vertical and horizontal folds. Matted and framed. Born in Russia, Peské studied at the Académie Julien and went on to become a very popular landscape painter. This poster, for the seminal magazine devoted to prints and posters, is the only one he is known to have designed. The languid scene in Brittany shows two women reclining on a carpet, reading, overlooking the curve of a bay, sloping hills and a small boat. It is a perfectly balanced, well-colored Nabi print. The image is a delicate patchwork of nature, art, beauty and grace. Crauzat, writing in L'Estampe et L'Affiche (1898, p. 118), mentions that Peské drew the image on the lithographic stone himself. DFP-II 710, Weill 81, Wine Spectator 66.
