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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
PRIVAT LIVEMONT (1861-1936) LA REFORME / LE MASQUE ANARCHISTE. 1897. 41x62 inches, 104x157 1/2 cm. Trommer & Staeves, Brussels. Condition B / B-: restored losses, overpainting and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears and restoration in image. To advertise a novel appearing in the newspaper La Reforme, Privat Livemont unleashes the full skill of his Art Nouveau mastery, finessing the typography, the shadows and the decorative border. However, unlike any other Art Nouveau work, this image uses the decorative style to depict a gory, eye-catching scene from the story. Even the decorative border, exhibiting traditional floral motifs, contains images of death, blood and mutilation.
