Oct 01, 2014 - Sale 2358

Sale 2358 - Lot 160

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
KLINGER, JULIUS; and Anker, Hanns. La Ligne Grotesque et ses Variations dans la Décoration Moderne. 65 oblong color plates displaying 422 decorative motifs of nature, animals, and general artistic designs; double mirror in separate case. 160x210mm; 6 1/4x8 1/4 inches, sheets, full margins with captions. Oblong 8vo, plates, explanatory booklet, and mirror (in separate cloth case) all laid into original illustrated salmon paper and cloth case, defective, stamp of Alfred Guérinet on cover; mirror case soiled, all edges frayed; plates clean but with occasional light marginal soiling. Paris: Librarie de l'Art Ancien et Moderne, [1905]

Additional Details

Secessionist motifs for wallpapers, textiles and other ornamental uses. The mirror, when angled against the plates, creates variations in the designs by showing repeats and combinations of the patterns.