Mar 09, 2023 - Sale 2629

Sale 2629 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926)

LE JOURNAL DE LA BEAUTÉ. 1897.


32x60 inches, 81 1/4x152 1/2 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition A-: minor creases and abrasions at edges; slight foxing at upper right margin. Matted and framed.

Along with a panel of swans, this scene was commissioned by La Plume as "large lithographs that could be incorporated into decorative interior schemes" (Kiehl p. 177). This is the version with text. Rare. DFP-I 454a, Kiehl 270.