Jan 30, 2003 - Sale 1958

Sale 1958 - Lot 91

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SALAMMBO. 1897.
16x12 inches. [Champenois, Paris.]
Condition B+: minor tears and discoloration at margins. Paper.
A plate from L'Estampe Moderne, also entitled "Incantation" featuring a mystical image of a woman in a green peacock feather headress, with colorful flowers at her feet, standing amidst the rising smoke from incense burners against a patterned, Art Nouveau background. "L'Estampe Moderne was a monthly portfolio of four lithographs, most of them expressly commissioned for the series by its publisher, Champenois, which appeared from May, 1897 to April, 1899. There were also four supplements, making for a total of one hundred prints in this 24 month series" (Rennert/Weill p. 158). Mucha R10b.