LUCIEN MÉTIVET (1863-1932) THE JANUARY CENTURY. 1895. 24 3/4x19 1/4 inches, 63x49 cm. Condition B+ / A-: tears in margins; creases in margins; pencil notations in bottom margin; signed in pencil by the artist. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper. This poster was the winner of an early poster competition for which the publishers of The Century turned to France to find an artist. Among the unsuccessful entrants was Toulouse-Lautrec, who was so disappointed that he had 100 copies of his poster privately printed and distributed to his friends. Margolin p. 20, DFP-II 576, Reims 849.
