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VARIOUS ARTISTS L'ESTAMPE MODERNE. 1897-1899. 100 plates in two bound volumes. Sizes vary, each approximately 16x12 inches, 40x30 cm. Champenois, Paris. Conditions vary, generally A. Paper. L'Estampe Moderne was published between May 1897 and April 1899. As with Les Maitres de l'Affiche every month four prints were issued to subscribers, delivered in a portfolio sleeve designed by Mucha. In all, there was a total of 100 images. However, as the name implies, these were not posters but prints, designed by many of the popular artists of the day. The technical and editorial team responsible for publishing the works was among the best of its day: the printer was Champenois, and the directors were Charles Piazza (who published Mucha's Ilsée and Le Pater), and Charles Masson, the director of the Musée du Luxembourg. The print run was limitted to only 2000 copies, with an additional 100 printed on Japan paper. Although all of the prints were designed especially for this portfolio, different printing techniques were used, as some are lithographs and some are collotypes.
