RICHARD N. ROLAND HOLST (1868-1938) LUCIFER / TREURSPEL VAN VONDEL. 1910.
48 3/4x29 3/4 inches, 123 3/4x75 1/2 cm. Tresling & Co., Amsterdam.
Condition B: small losses and replaced losses, repaired tears, staining and pin holes in margins; small stains in image; toned overall. Two-sheets.
Roland Holst, who became the director of the Rijks Akademie, was a champion of Art Nouveau in his native Holland. Throughout his oeuvre "he executed only 16 posters, nine of the most brilliant being for the theatre, where he often designed stage sets and costumes. The extremely Rare. Lucifer is considered the artist's masterwork and was personally printed by him" (International Poster). Weill 152, Art Nouveau p. 177, Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 264, Dutch Poster 119.