Eugène Grasset : Grafton Galleries, 1893

Eugène Grasset 1845–1917

Grafton Galleries — exhibition of French decorative arts, London (also known as “La Femme aux fleurs”), 1893

Original Art Nouveau colour lithograph Monogram “EG” in the stone lower right; a proof before letters (decorative version, without exhibition lettering)

Dimensions :

Sheet : 70 × 49 cm – 27.6 × 19.3 in.

Image : 65 × 45 cm – 25.6 × 17.7 in.

Condition : Fair condition; unlined (not laid down); tears stabilised with reversible adhesive tape; creases and stains; a loss to the upper margin; to be professionally cleaned and linen-backed; unframed

Period : 1893 · Art Nouveau

Engraved and printed by Verdoux, Ducourtioux & Huillard, Paris Original Art Nouveau colour lithograph created in 1893 for the French decorative-arts exhibition at the Grafton Galleries, London. A proof before letters of one of Grasset’s most celebrated images: a pensive red-haired young woman, crowned with roses and gathering blooms, rising among irises in a stained-glass-like landscape of trees and birds.