JEAN MISCESLAS PESKÉ (1870-1949) [L'ESTAMPE ET L'AFFICHE.] 1898.
36 1/4x41 1/4 inches, 92x104 3/4 cm. Gerin, Dijon-Paris.
Condition A-: slight water stains, discoloration and unobtrusive bleached spots in margins. Stamped and numbered 6/50.
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 reading and reclining on a carpet overlooking the curve of a bay, sloping hills and a small boat. It is a perfectly balanced, well-colored Nabi print, 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. rare. From a run of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper without text, as advertised in the May 15, 1898 issue of L'Estampe et l'Affiche. DFP-II 710, Weill 81, Wine Spectator 66, Art Nouveau p. 28 (var).