Jules Gustave BESSON

Rare original color lithograph, executed by Jules-Gustave Besson for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 14 published in June 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's blind stamp depicting a child's profile in lower margin, numbered luxury edition stamp on verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and text.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Germinal by Emile Zola, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithogr

Rare original lithograph, executed by Jules-Gustave Besson for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 14 published in June 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with large margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp showing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Germinal by Emile Zola.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as st

Original colour lithograph executed specifically by the artist for l'Estampe Moderne. Proof printed on strong laid paper protected by a printed tissue guard, publisher's dry stamp in lower margin. Artist's signature in the plate. Very handsome copy.
Lithograph inspired by an excerpt from Germinal by Emile Zola, of which an extract is reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Published by Ch. Masson and H. Piazza, the two years of l'Estampe Moderne constitute one of the finest lithographic achievements of the period. Each print is an original work created specifically for the review by the greatest French and foreign artists representing Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Orientalist an