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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
PRIVAT LIVEMONT (1861-1936) LA BRODEUSE / LA FILEUSE. Two decorative panels. 1904. 131/2x181/2 inches. Condition varies, generally A. Paper. Although Privat Livemont is often considered Mucha's Belgian alter ego, he was by no means Mucha's follower. Livemont's first poster dates from 1890, five years before Mucha designed Gismonda. What they have in common is the same adoration of the female image and sense of ornamentation. What makes their work fundamentally different is their palettes. Livemont focuses on light pastel tones with greens and blues and his work is punctuated by white outlines that serve to make his figures really stand out against the background. Inspired by the tremendous commercial success Mucha had with his decorative panels, Privat-Livemont's printer, De Rycker, decided to follow suit. In 1897 he published a plate, La Vague, but soon realized that sets of images sold better. Livemont produced a set of flowers and then these two charming images of the Embroiderer and the Spinner. Within the world of decorative panels there were only so many ideas to go around, and, indeed, four years earlier Cheret had designed panels of the Spinner and the Lace-maker for the Paris World's Fair. Yet the public had an unquenchable thirst for these images, and here Livemont is at the height of his artistic talent.
