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THÉOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923)
COCORICO. Circa 1899.
53 3/4x39 inches, 136 1/2x99 cm. Charle Verneau, Paris. Condition B: extensive repaired tears, creases and rippling in margins and image; small losses at edges; mounted on old linen. Framed.
Cocorico was a magazine published between 1898 and 1902. As a literary and artistic publication, its main role was to promote the Art Nouveau movement and its primary artists included Mucha, Steinlen, de Feure, Villon and many others. In all, there were 63 issues. The name of the periodical is the French onomatopoeia for "cock-a-doodle-doo," the crowing of a rooster. In this instance, Steinlen employs the title as an exceptional wake-up call for the world to notice this little magazine and the big ideas contained within. This is the larger format. Bargiel & Zagrodzki 34, Crauzat 502, DFP-II 794, Wember 736.
