LOUIS J RHEAD (1857 1926) Swans

Sale 2700 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 6,250

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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

LOUIS J. RHEAD (1857 - 1926)
Swans.

Color lithograph, 1897. 1515x784 mm; 59⅝x30⅞ inches, full margins. Commissioned and published by La Plume, Paris.

Provenance
Reba W. & Dave H. Williams Collection, New York

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Born and trained in London, Rhead moved to New York in 1883 as an art director for a small publisher. There he became a key figure in the development of the poster in the U.S., creating over 100 of them in the 1890s. This panel of swans, along with a panel of peacocks, was commissioned by La Plume, a French literary and artistic magazine founded in 1889, whose contributors include big names such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Mucha, Gauguin, Pissarro, Signac and others. La Plume requested "large lithographs that could be incorporated into decorative interior schemes" as panels were a market that was becoming increasingly popular, successful and lucrative.